Manzano, Ninna Robyn M.

XI - Maxwell

Branches of Philosophy

Metaphysics

Topics of Philosophical
Investigation
1. The following are basics:
a. Axiom
b. Existence Exists
c. Identity
d. Consciousness
2. The following are specifics:
a. Reality is Absolute: The
Primacy of b. Existence
b. Causality
c. Nothing

Main Concerns

Study of Existence
It deals with the fundamental questions of
reality that is beyond the scientific or
mathematical realms. It is concerned with
answering the questions about identity and
the world.

Philosophical Views

What is the nature of

reality?
Whats out there?
How can the incorporeal
mind affect the physical
body?
Is there a God or many
gods, or no god at all?

3. The following are technicalities:

a. Contradiction
b. An Entity is a Sum of Its
Parts
c. Mental Entities
d. The Metaphysical Versus
the Man-Made

Epistemology

1.

The following are basics:

a. Philosophy
b. Objectivity
c. Logic
d. Reason

Study of Knowledge
It deals with the process by which we can
know that something is true and the

What can I know?

How is knowledge
acquired?
Can we be certain of

e. Knowledge
f. Standard Of Evaluation
g. Perception

Ethics

2.

The following are specifics:

a. Emotions
b. Integration
c. Values
d. Certainty

3.

The following are

technicalities:
a. Context
b. Fundamentals
c. Knowledge is
Hierarchical
d. The Arbitrary

1. The following are basics:

a. Life as the Moral
Standard
b. Morality is a Guide to
Living
c. Reason is Man's Means
of Survival
d. Values
e. Virtue
f. Self-Interest
g. Harmony of Interests
2. The following are specifics:

fundamental questions of reality.

Study of Action
It is involved with placing value to personal
actions, decisions, and relations. Important
ethical issues today include abortion, sexual
morality, the death penalty, euthanasia,
pornography, and the environment.

anything?
How do I know about it?

How should people act?

What do people think is
right?
How do we take moral
knowledge and put it into
practice?
What does 'right' even
mean?

a. Self Reliance /
Independence
b. Productiveness
c. Integrity
d. Honesty
e. Pride
f. Justice
g. Benevolence
h. Rationality
3. The following are technicalities:
a. Metaphysical Justice
b. Free Will
c. Courage
d. Trader Principle

Aesthetics

1. The following are basics:

a. Man's need for art.
b. Art
c. Sense Of Life
2. The following are specifics:
a. Literature
b. Painting
c. Sculpture
d. Music
3. The following are technicalities:
a. Drama
b. Dance
c. Song

Study of Art
It deals with the nature of art, beauty, and
taste, with the creation and appreciation of
beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the
study of sensory or sensory-emotional
values, sometimes called judgments of
sentiments and taste.

What is art?
What is the relationship
between beauty and art?
Are there objective
standards by which art
can be judged?
Is beauty in the eye of
the beholder?

Logic

Politics

1.

The following are basics:

a. Formal
b. Informal
c. Symbolic
d. Mathematical

2.

The following are specifics:

a. Deductive
b. Inductive

3.

The following are

technicalities:
a. Modal
b. Propositional
c. Predicate

1. The following are basics:

a. The Initiation of Force
b. Right to Self Defense
c. Necessity of Government
d. The Proper Role of
Government
e. Laissez Faire Capitalism
f. Taxation
2. The following are specifics:
a. Law
b. Rule of Law
c. Constitutions
d. Separation of Powers

Study of Reasoning

It studies the rules of valid reasoning and

argumentation. It deals only with propositions
(declarative sentences, used to make an
assertion, as opposed to questions,
commands or sentences expressing wishes)
that are capable of being true and false.

Study of Force

It studies the fundamental questions about

the state, government, politics, liberty, justice
and the enforcement of a legal code by
authority. It is Ethics applied to a group of
people, and discusses how a society should
be set up and how one should act within a
society.

What is correct
reasoning?
What distinguishes a
good argument from a
bad one?
How can we detect a
fallacy in reasoning?

Why are governments

needed?
What rights and
freedoms should a
government protect?
What duties do citizens
owe to a legitimate
government, if any?
When may a government
be legitimately
overthrown, if ever?

e. Checks and Balances

f. Federalism
g. An Armed Populace: The
Right to Bear Arms
h. Trial by Jury
i. Voting
3. The following are technicalities:
a. Capitalism
b. Financing a Government
c. The Death Penalty
d. Abortion
e. Fraud

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