1.-DOING-PHILOSOPHY by lord jayvers.pptx

Doing Philosophy through

1. DOING PHILOSOPHY

2. The Blind Men and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe  (1816-1887)

3. It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind.

4. The  First  approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a WALL !"

5. The  Second , feeling of the tusk, Cried, "Ho, what have we here, So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a SPEAR !"

6. The  Third  approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spoke: "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a SNAKE !"

7. The  Fourth  reached out an eager hand,  And felt about the knee "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he: " 'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a TREE !"

8. The  Fifth , who chanced to touch the ear, Said: " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a FAN !"

9. The  Sixth  no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a ROPE !"

10. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!

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12. ACTIVITY Answer the following question: What made the blind men individually describe the elephant that way? What made each of them partly right, yet all wrong?

13. A philosopher’s way of thinking can be described as “ ABSTRACTIVE ”. It rises from the level of everyday life to higher level that gives a bird’s eye view of the whole.

14. PARTIAL - Existing only in part; incomplete. Favoring one side above the other; biased .

15. HOLISTIC - Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

16. INSIGHT – “seeing with the mind” ( Ferriols , 2001) -For us to think philosophically, we must learn to look beyond what is immediately before us.

17. Love of Wisdom The science that by the natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest principle of things.

18. Science .I The investigation is systematic It follows certain steps or it employs certain procedures

19. Natural light of reason .II Natural capacity to think or simply human reason alone or the so-called unaided reason

20. Study of all things .III Studies Human beings, society, religion, language, god, and plants. It is not one dimensional or partial . He questions almost anything, if not everything ---- HOLISTIC

21. First cause or higher principle . iV A. Principle of Identity Own being B. Principle of Non-contradiction Impossible to be and not be in the same time

22. C. Principle of Excluded Middle No middle ground possible D. Principle of Sufficient Reason Nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being and existence.

23. ASSIGNMENT: one whole sheet of paper SHARE YOUR CENCEPTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PHIOSOPHY. GIVE EXAMPLE OF THESE IN POLITICS, SPORTS, LAW AND DAILY LIFE.