INTRODUCTION TO

PHILOSOPHY
WHAT DO I REALLY
WANT IN LIFE?

WHAT MAKES ME
HAPPY AND
FEELING
FULFILLED?
oPeople keep busy groping
for some answers what
they think can satisfy them.

oSome people believe that

their goals, dreams and
ambitions can shape one to
be happy. And indeed they
are..
WHAT IS MAN?
WHY SHOULD WE
INSIST THAT MAN
SHOULD LIVE A
MEANINGFUL
LIFE?
TO FIND THE MEANING
OF LIFE IS TO SHAPE
ONE’S LIFE…
BRANCHES OF
PHILOSOPHY
 LOGIC
o It is considered the
first branch. Logic is a
science of correct
reasoning.
 Definitely, before
we can come to the
knowledge of the
different areas of
concern, we need to
look into, first, our
way of
The belief that the
reason and
experience and not
emotions or religious
beliefs should be the
basis for your actions,
opinions, etc.?
 Is our reasoning is
correct and valid?

 Does my reasoning
observe certain
degree of logic?
 PHILOSOPHY
OF MAN
o The body of man is
considered the
closest object to the
thinking person –
man. His curiosity
begins with the
 Why do I exist?

 Why man exists and

why man dies?
 COSMOLOGY
oThe next object
that is closer to
man are those
things that clutter
around him. These
are lifeless beings
 COSMOLOGY
o Is a science of
inanimate objects.
Though lifeless they
seem to be but they
also contribute a lot
to man’s primary
 METAPHYSICS
o Opposite to
material things are
the intelligible
matters. These are
realities that are
not visible to our
 METAPHYSICS
o Is a science that
studies the nature
of being. The word
meta means beyond
= outside universe –
is the study of
 Why we are here?

What is our purpose

in life?
  ETHICS
o Man is not only an
individual person.
He is also a social
being – a man for
others.
  ETHICS
o Our relationship
with other human
beings are ruled by
some moral
principles in order
to maintain
  ETHICS
o Is a science that
studies the morality
of human act.
Morality concerns
the rightness or the
wrongness of an
 AESTHETICS
o This is a science
that studies the
concept of beauty.
 How do we define
beauty?

How can we
classify that an
object is beautiful?
 What could be
the basis of our
judgment that the
object is beautiful?
  PSYCHOLOGY
o The word comes
from the two Latin
words “psyche”
which means mind
and “logos” means
study.
  PSYCHOLOGY
o To combine the
two words together,
it means the science
of the mind. But to
consider the
nominal definition of
 
EPISTEMOLOGY
o This branch is a
branch closer to
logic. Episteme is a
Latin word which
means theory of
knowledge.
 What is
knowledge?
 What do people
know?
 How do you know
that you know?
 Is human
knowledge
trustworthy?
 Can our senses be
trusted?
 Difference
between opinion,
  SOCIAL
PHILOSOPHY
o As just mentioned
a while ago, man is
a social being. Man
is viewed as a
member of any
institution essential
  SOCIAL
PHILOSOPHY
o Primarily those
institutions are the
family, church,
school and society in
general that mold
him to be the kind of
 THEODICY

o One of the most

striking questions of
man is to know the
origin of all things.
Is there God
Is God really
exists?
Can you prove that
there is God?
 When we look
around the universe
at things not made
by man, what do we
see?
 Why God permits
evil?
 And I…..

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