Introduction to Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy

1. As a naturally human activity

   • A tangible goal
     • Grants human knowladge open to anyone
       • A high grade of knowladge that directs itself towars the fundamentals of reality
     • Humans are defined by the trending desire to know
       • Misery is born in ignorance
       • A requirement inate to us as creatures of biology
       • One of the ways of executing philosophy is by reconsidering reality as a whole
         • The new search for methodologies of knowing
         • The manifestation of a perseverance towards wanting to know
       • Inspiration is born in knowladge

2. Etymological definition

   • created from two Greek words
     • φιλος
     • σοφια
       • Filo-Sophy
         • meaning a general ability for (something)
   • Latin
     • defined under the word "sapientia"
       • "Wisdom"
         • Or "to know"
           • Wisdom is the consideration of root causes
             • Philosophy is their discussion
       • Sapiens "That who knows"

3. Essential definition

   • Philosophy is the knowledge of the totality of reality, by its ultimate causes, acquired by the light of reason
     • Knowladge about the whole
       • The whole is
         • material
           • made to be studied scientifically
         • formal
           • made to have a perspective on, through which we study the material
             • Philosophy differs from other logical sciences in that it asks the ultimate causes
     • For its ultimate causes
       • philosophy goes beyond immediate causes
         • The radical causes of reality
         • The essential causes
         • Branches off into emotional sciences
     • In the light of reason
       • Philosophy is a radical knowledge
         • It doesnt work relative to a sensible reality

4. Philosophy and conception of the universe

   • Philosophy must run analogue to our individual fundaments
     • Criticize traditional science
     • Dialogue its current state
     • Give an inate meaning to human creativity
       • psychology
       • art
       • ingenuity

5. Love of wisdom

   • What is intellectual honesty?
     • When knowing the truth
       • we propose an unbiased attitude
         • releived from
           • politics
           • personal beliefs
   • Why is it thought that the old is false and the new is true?
     • As environmental context naturally changes
       • So do our morals
         • All the same, we change in accordance to this
       • So do our desires
       • So do our fears
   • Why should we distrust someone who presumes to know everything?
     • We are designed to keep learning in an ever expanding universe
     • We may never coincide by a single truth when so many moral fundamentals and existencial contexts exist
   • In what sense is humility spoken of, and why will the truth set us free?
     • modesty entails taking our desires and successes pasively
       • It creates humans more open to truths radical to their natural standards
         • The absolute tuth promotes a society founded in intellectual honesty
           • Religious freedom
           • Societal connection and relations
           • Progressive and healthy debate