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ACTIVITY

 Paste the cut part on a bond


paper.
 under it, write a story about the cut
part.
 Display the finished product.
Questions
 A.Which group shared the story
that was close enough to the
picture?
 Which story farthest from the real
picture?
 Before you saw the real picture,
do you think it was possible for the
class to answer questions a and b?
 Imagine the whole magazine
picture representing the TRUTH

 The TEACHER represent a supreme


being who has access to the bigger
part of the truth

 GROUPS representing all of us –


who have small knowledge about
the TRUTH.
Questions

1. Do you think this is a more or


less accurate representation of
our human condition?

2. What does this say about a


human being’s quest for truth.
- In reality, no one has complete
access to the bigger truth.

- being human essentially means


that our views will always be
partial.

- no one has a say on what


method” is right in ascertaining
what is true.
 The historyof philosophy is like a
long conversation of arguments
and opinion
 philosophers have contributed to
the history of thought through
their own methods of testing
opinions and examining claims to
truth.
GABRIEL MARCEL

 Clarifies that philosophy is not


like the sciences that have a
clear method in arriving at truths.

 recall how you used the method


in your experimentation and
analysis.
In Science

 Regardless of what you were


trying to find out in your research
whether it was a photosynthesis
or the chemical composition of a
compound, you followed the same
steps prescribed by the scientific
method.
 regardless of who was conducting
the experiment, whether it was
your group leader or your self for
as long as you followed the steps
as carefully as possible,you all
arrive at the same scientific
results
 Therefore the method of the
sciences is a fixed process that
can be repeated by anyone and
still bring the same results.
Philosophy is different
 when you set out to answer
questions about the meaning of
life, freedom or love
 you are likely to find in your
search will be different from what
your seat mate or friend will
discover in his own search.
 this is because the journey of
philosophizing is a very personal
journey.
 As we have learned in the first
chapter that whatever glimpse of
the truth we get will always be
partial.
 That is why it is important that
we constantly engage others to
help us examine these truths
we hold
Two different approaches to the
search and understanding of truth

1. From the representative of


Western modern thinking.

2. From the characteristic


approach of oriental thought.
Rene Descartes and Western
modern Thinking.

 A French philosopher, says that


only the mind, not the body can
arrive at clear and distinct
ideas which cannot be doubted

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