BS Architecture Olanio‚ Marc Q. BS Architecture Branches of Philosophy Main branches of philosophy Traditionally‚ there are five main branches of philosophy. They are: Metaphysics‚ which deals with the fundamental questions of reality. Epistemology‚ which deals with our concept of knowledge‚ how we learn and what we can know. Logic‚ which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ which is concerned with human values and how individuals should act
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Eastern Philosophy By Jennifer Carter Eastern philosophy is the philosophies of the eastern continents. Many postmodern philosophers believe the only variant of Eastern and Western philosophy is that of Geographic’s however some scholars will disagree that it is not geographical but of natural language and investigated thinking. Eastern philosophy touches base with three traditions —Indian‚ Chinese and Persian philosophy—which are just as different from each other as they are from Western philosophy
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Branches of Philosophy 1. Logic Logic is the science and art of correct thinking. It attempts to codify the rules of rational thought. Logicians explore the structure of arguments that preserve truth or allow the optimal extraction of knowledge from evidence. Logic is one of the primary tools philosophers use in their inquiries; the precision of logic helps them to cope with the subtlety of philosophical problems and the often misleading nature of conversational language. 2. Ethics Ethics is
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Philosophy of Education - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW‚ CURRENT TRENDS philosophical philosophers field educational Search All U.S. Universities HISTORICAL OVERVIEW William K. Frankena CURRENT TRENDS Nicholas C. Burbules Nathan Raybeck HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The word education is used sometimes to signify the activity‚ process‚ or enterprise of educating or being educated and sometimes to signify the discipline or field of study taught in schools of education that concerns itself with this activity
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Positive things about Love & Basketball Here’s the run-down. Love & Basketball is deceivingly simple in its structure. The movie is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of a boy and a girl. Meeting at about the age 11‚ the film traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart from childhood‚ to high school‚ to college‚ and just after. Monica and Quincy each have their hopes and their dreams. They both want to play basketball on a professional level. For Quincy
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Branches of philosophy The following branches are the main areas of study: • Metaphysics investigates the nature of being and the world. Traditional branches are cosmology and ontology. • Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible. Among its central concerns has been the challenge posed by skepticism and the relationships between truth‚ belief‚ and justification. • Ethics‚ or ’moral philosophy’‚ is concerned with questions of how
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paper I review the problematic relationship between science and philosophy; in particular‚ I will address the question of whether science needs philosophy‚ and I will offer some positive (if incomplete) perspectives that should be helpful in developing a synergetic relationship between the two. I will review three lines of reasoning often employed in arguing that philosophy is useless for science: a) philosophy’s death diagnosis (‘philosophy is dead’) and what follows from it; b) the historic-agnostic
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Life Philosophy The meaning of life is to give life meaning Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Life Philosophy of John Wooden Even a fool knows you can’t reach the stars‚ but that doesn’t stop a wise man from trying. "You can’t make someone Else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours." Life Philosophy of Gen. Colin Powell Man is not the creature of circumstances‚ circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents‚ and man is more powerful
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Romanowski Philosophy 101 ‘Value of Philosophy’ September 14‚ 2009 In the reading of ‘Value of Philosophy‚’ Russell starts off by explaing the “practical man‚” believes that‚ “the influence of science or of practical affairs‚ are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent.” Russell is trying to explain that the “practical man” looks at the meaning of philosophy‚ and sees philosophy only in black and white‚ and when the “practical man” thinks about philosophy‚ they believe
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The functions of philosophy are the uses of the subject to us as individuals and as members of a society. Some contemporary thinkers called the Analytic philosophers see philosophy as a study that essentially simplifies and analyses issues and statements pertaining to other subjects in order to enable us understand them better. The functions of philosophy are explained as follows: 1.Analytical Function This has to do with the analysis and clarification of ideas‚ issues‚ and statements to
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