Introduction to the Philosophy of
Study Guide
the Human Person
DOING PHILOSOPHY
Objectives:
• Distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial point of view.
• Develop basic understanding of the meaning, nature, and characteristics of
philosophy as a humanistic discipline and the nature and dynamics of the
human person.
• Do a philosophical reflection on a concrete situation from a holistic
perspective.
Philosophy
• Greek words “philo” and “sophia” which roughly translate to “love” and
“wisdom”
• coined by Pythagoras of Samos
• One of the misconceptions about philosophy is the claim that philosophy
concerns itself only with things that are purely theoretical in nature.
• Philosophy is concerned with both the knowledge applied in the day-to-day
experience and the theory upon which such knowledge is based.
• Philosophy is a science precisely because it squares with two basic
requirements for a discipline to be called a science: it is a systematized body
of knowledge and that it can explain its claims.
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Study Guide
the Human Person
DOING PHILOSOPHY
Objectives:
• Distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial point of view.
• Develop basic understanding of the meaning, nature, and characteristics of
philosophy as a humanistic discipline and the nature and dynamics of the
human person.
• Do a philosophical reflection on a concrete situation from a holistic
perspective.
Philosophy
• Greek words “philo” and “sophia” which roughly translate to “love” and
“wisdom”
• coined by Pythagoras of Samos
• One of the misconceptions about philosophy is the claim that philosophy
concerns itself only with things that are purely theoretical in nature.
• Philosophy is concerned with both the knowledge applied in the day-to-day
experience and the theory upon which such knowledge is based.
• Philosophy is a science precisely because it squares with two basic
requirements for a discipline to be called a science: it is a systematized body
of knowledge and that it can explain its claims.
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