OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL BRANCHES & CONCEPTS

COSMOLOGYONTOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYTHEODICY

COSMOLOGY – BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT

DEALS WITH THE ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE WITH ITS PARTS, ELEMENTS, LAWS

-CAME FROM THE GREEK WORD “KOSMOS” (WORLD, UNIVERSE) &

“LOGOS” ( THE STUDY OF)

ONTOLOGY– BRANCH OF METAPHYSICS THAT

STUDIES THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE OF THINGS & THE STATUS OF

REALITY

- ALSO REFERRED AS THE THEORY OF BEING

PSYCHOLOGY- THIS IS THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE SCIENCE OF MIND, MENTAL STATE &

PROCESSES- CAME FROM THE GREEK WORDS

“PSYCHE” (SOUL, MIND & SPIRIT) & “LOGOS”

( STUDY OF)-SCIENCE OF HUMAN & ANIMAL

BEHAVIOUR

THEODICY– BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT

DEALS WITH THE NATURE OF BEING & GOODNESS OF GOD

- OFTEN REFERRED TO AS RATIONAL THEOLOGY

PROMINENT PHILOSOPHERSSOCRATESPLATOARISTOTLECONFUCIUSST. THOMAS AQUINASFRANCIS BACONIMMANUEL KANTRENE DESCARTESJEAN PAUL SARTRE

SOCRATES- WORLDS GREATEST PHILOSOPHER IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY- ULTIMATE TRUTH IS IN THE SOUL OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL- PROMOTES THAT EDUCATION CAN MAKE MAN MORAL“THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING”

PLATO-ETHICS IS THE HIGHEST BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE & VIRTUE IS IDENTIFIED WITH WISDOM- HIS PHILOSOPHY IS FOCUSED ABOUT THE THEORY OF IDEAS WHICH POSITS THAT EACH THING PERCEIVED IN THIS WORLD IS AN IMPERFECT IMITATION OF A PERFECT ORIGINAL CALLED THE IDEA/FORM- SET THE ROAD TO IDEALISTS

ARISTOTLE-PLATO’S STUDENT- FOUNDER OF FORMAL LOGIC- DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF INFERENCE REPRESENTED BY SYLLOGISM & SET OF RULES OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD-METAPHYSICS ( PICTURED THE WORLD AS ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHY OF EXISTENCE-ETHICS ( VIRTUES ARE ESSENTIALLY GOOD HABITS & TO ATTAIN HAPPINESS MAN MUST DEVELOP 2 KINDS OF HABIT: KNOWLEDGE & COURAGE)

CONFUCIUS- CHINESE PHILOSOPHER & RELIGIOUS LEADER- THE CHINESE SOCRATES- CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS5 RELATIONSHIPS: A. PARENT & CHILDB. BROTHER & BROTHERC. HUSBAND & WIFED. FRIEND & FRIENDE. RULER & SUBJECT-GOLDEN RULE

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS-ANGELIC DOCTOR & PRINCE OF SCHOLASTICS- TO HIM, BEING GOOD MEANS BEING IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT….- HELD 2 SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE:REVELATION ( THEOLOGY) & REASON ( PHILOSOPHY)

FRANCIS BACON- HELP LAID THE FOUNDATION OF EMPIRICISM

- HELD THAT THE MAIN SOURCE & FINAL TEST OF KNOWLEDGE WAS SENSE OF PERCEPTION

- KNOWLEDGE MUST BEGIN WITH EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE SENSES & MUST PROCEED TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES

RENE DESCARTES-FATHER OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

- FAMOUS WORDS “COGITO, EG SERN, I THINK THEREFORE I AM”

- FOUNDED THE RATIONALISTIC SCHOOL OF THOUGHT- MAIN SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE WAS DEDUCTIVE REASONING BASED ON SELF EVIDENT PRINCIPLES/ AXIOMS

IMMANUEL KANT-GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO CREATED A LINK BETWEEN IDEALISTS & MATERIALISTS- DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF TRANSCENDENTALISM WHICH MAYBE CONSIDERED AGNOSTIC- AESTHETIC ( CONCERNED WITH JUDGMENT OF TASTE)

JEAN PAUL SARTRE-EXISTENTIALISM: EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE- GREATEST BOOK: BEING & NOTHINGNESS