Philosophy

Philosophy

1. Studies beings in their ultimate causes, reason, and principles.

   • It is divided in four major branches
     • Epistemology
       • Is the study of the nature of knowledge and justified belief. It analyzes the nature of knowledge and how it relates to similar notions, such as truth, belief, and justification.
     • Metaphysics
       • It means the study of things beyond the physical
         • Ontology
           • Ontology studies the first principles or the essence of all things.
         • Psychology
           • Is the specific sub-branch of philosophy that studies the soul or mind. Broadly construed, though, psychology is the  study of the nature and dynamics of the human person as a whole, with emphasis on the way the  person´s  mind functions and the way he behaves. 
         • Anthropology
           • The science of human beings and their characteristics, their origin and ancestry, their environment, social relations and culture.
         • Cosmology
           • It studies the world (or universe), including its origin, dynamics, and characteristics, as well as the laws that govern its order.
         • Theology
           • It is the study of God. Theology is concerned with the justification of the goodness of God in the face of the existence of evil in the world.
     • Ethics
       • It is concerned with questions of how human persons ought to act, and the search for a definition of a right conduct and the good life. It is important to note that ethics is not the same with morality. This is because ethics denotes the theory of right action and the greater good, while morality indicates practice, that is, the rightness or wrongness of a human action.
     • Logic
       • It is defined as the science of correct thinking or the study of the principles and criteria of a valid argument .

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