Morning Phrase

O God we begin this new week with the prayer for optimism. Help
us to understand that our human tendency to see failure at every
turn is not an attitude that is healthy or good for us. When the
projects for the week seem insurmountable help us to “just start”
and trust that the little step of faith will bring continued success.
Help us to lay aside fear of failure and embrace trust in the process
of just putting one foot ahead of the other. When we think we are
alone in our struggle and no one knows life quite like we do, show
us how beautiful and wondrous life can be for us today, if we just
adopt an optimistic attitude about life.
AMEN
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL …..pray for us
ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC…..pray for us
ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY…..pray for
us
O MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT
SIN…..pray for us who have recourse to
you
STO.CRISTO DEL TESORO….have mercy
on us
Philosophy of Human Person
 Subject Matter

Doing
philosophy
Objectives of the day…
1.distinguish a holistic perspective from a
partial point of view
2.recognize human activities that emanated
from deliberate reflection
3.realize the value of doing philosophy in
obtaining a broad perspective on life
4.do a philosophical reflection on a concrete
situation from a holistic perspective
ACTIVITY 1
Look at the pictures below. What can you say about them? Describe
their similarities and differences. Write your answer in your notebook.
Look at the pictures below. What can you say about them?
Describe their similarities and differences.
Complete the table below.
ACTIONS WHAT MUST BE DONE BEFORE
THE ACTION?
Deciding where to study for Senior
High School
Going to school …
Helping a stranger
Watching movies that are not
allowed for your age
Confronting a person who verbally
hurt you
Buying new clothes
Choosing friends
Helping a stranger
Attending classes in the afternoon
Think – Pair - Share

Philosophical
Question
What did we do
in our
Activities?
 We are doing
PhilosoPhy…
We are doing Philosophy means…
 lover ofwisdom than a mere receiver of
knowledge…
 to be wise is to inquire, search and
investigate all forms of phenomena…
 passionate in their quest for
wisdom…
Philosophy
 becomes a discipline and a field of
study that desires to understand and
comprehend the mystery of reality…
 to unveil the nature of truth and
examine the significance of life…
 it also encompasses the examination
of the relationship between a person
and his/her society and
environment…
 Philosophers are people
who never cease to
wonder, inquire, and
investigate about
Pythagoras of Samos everything and anything
Nature of Philosophy

Search for the meaning of the

entire breadth of reality and gives
a purely rational explanation of its
totality
Core Branches of Philosophy
Metaphysics
• Greek ( metaphysika )
• beyond physical

Epistemology
• Greek Word (Episteme)&( Logos)
• Study of knowledge

Ethics
Greek Word( ethos)
• means custom or habit

Aesthetics
• Greek Word
• aistetikos which means sense of perception
Metaphysics
 deals with the true nature of reality…
 focuses on the study of essence and existence..
 it answer the question “ what is ?”
 the science of the ultimate and absolute reality…
Kinds of Metaphysics

General/Ontology Special Metaphysics

 study of being  focuses on the freedom of
the will, immortality, mind
body problem
Metaphysics usually answer these questions

 What is the nature of reality?

 How did the world come to be?

 What is the origin or the principle from which all

things came to be?

 Does God exist?

 Does time exist or is it just an illusion?

Epistemology
 deals with the study of the nature and scope
of knowledge…
 it deals with the process by which people
are led to know that something is true…
 Two Significant Domain of Epistemology
Rationalism
 reason or the mind is the main
source of knowledge
 Rene Descartes is well known
proponent of this view….
 “cogito ergo sum” I think, therefore I
am….
 “ methodic doubt”… always begin
thinking by doubting
 our senses always deceived us….
Empiricism
 all knowledge comes from the
senses..(experience )
 the chief proponent of this view is
John Locke…
 according to Locke, human mind is
like a blank tabularasa ( empty
tablet/blank sheet ) upon which on
could write and store his/her ideas
based on experiences….
 he argued that it was only through
experiences that one could derived
knowledge….
Ethics
 the branch of Philosophy which aims to
synthesize the concepts of right and wrong
behavior…
 the art of correct living…because it
teaches how we may put order and
harmony in our lives…
 it is the science of morality of human
acts….
The Three Main Domain of Ethics
Metaethics Normative Applied
 deals with the  concerned with  attempts to
origin and the setting of apply theories to
meaning of ethical certain standards situations in real
concepts… of what is morally life….
 what is good and right and wrong  it involves
what is bad (  it involves the examining
accepted universal formulation of set controversial issues
truth ) values or moral such as abortion,
norms which have euthanasia,
an impact as to infanticide,
what should be the enviromental
people’s actions concerns, and even
and ways of life… animal rights….
Example: Analysis of Stealing is immoral…
Metaethics Normative Applied
What makes the  always question  generally
stealing immoral… whether society’s accepted truth that
 it is about how norm and stealing is immoral
one can come to standards became a ground
determine what is approved of such for the formulation
moral and what is act… of a public policy
not….  determining in the form of
factor of the acts ordinances and
are norms and laws penalizing the
standard imposed act of stealing…
by society
 ..one can say
that stealing is
immoral because
society says so…..
Aesthetics
 deals with the nature and appreciation of arts,
beauty and good taste…
 it encompasses all the responses people my solicit
from all forms of arts, be it negative or positive…
 human judgement of aesthetics value is not only
anchored in one’s ability to criticize and appreciate
art using sense perception
 one’s judgement on what is beautiful transcends
beyond sensory level, and includes both emotional
and intellectual aspects…
Aesthetics usually focus on questions like….

 Can art be a vehicle of truth?

 What makes an art outstanding?

 Philosophy WISDOM/TRUTH

( Human Person ) SEARCH

Metaphysics inquiry universal

Epistemology investigation objective
Ethics quest good
Aesthetics beautiful
 What Isabellan Core
Values are inculcated in
our Lesson for today?
Thank You and Life to the
Fullest!!!