1. An Introduction to
Philosophy

2. What are your thoughts or ideas?
What is Philosophy ?
What are your thoughts or ideas?
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin

3. What is Philosophy ? So, then, What is wisdom?
In Greek,
philo = love or devotion
sophia = wisdom
So, then, What is wisdom?

4. Basic Human Questions What is Is there a god? Is war good or evil?
How should we treat the environment?
Basic Human Questions
Is there
a god?
Is war good or evil?
Do humans have rights?
What is the purpose of life?
What is
happiness?
Is science more important than faith?
Is social harmony
better than freedom?
What is justice?
Can we communicate with spirits?

5. Early Global Philosophies
HCOM
301
Early Global Philosophies

6. Ancient Evidence of Ideas
Cave Drawings
Architecture
Pottery & Sculpture
Turtle Shell Writing
3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE

7. More Conventional Early Writing
Indus 2000 BCE
Phoenician Alphabet BCE
Tao te ching 300 BCE
Plato’s Writing 370 BCE

8. Closer to Home In Mesoamerica
Mixtec in Oaxaca
@ 1000 CE
Mayan Codex
@ 500 CE
Mexica Migration Story
@ 1400 CE

9. Mesoamerican Codex Early Writing
Mixtec, Mayan, and Aztec Codices 600 CE – 1600 CE

10. By the Middle Ages 500-1500 Philosophy (Ph. D.)
In western civilization, human inquiry into higher learning had been divided into just four fields:
Theology (Th. D.)
Medicine (M. D.)
Law (J. D.)
Philosophy (Ph. D.)

11. Doctor of Philosophy Degree
In fact,
For the past thousand years, people who study almost any field at the highest level are awarded a “Ph. D.”
Doctor of Philosophy Degree

12. In the Modern Era…
Studies and learning have been broken down into many, many small pieces, each with aspecial focus.
Natural Sciences
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Human Sciences
Sociology
Anthropology
Psychology
Humanities
Art
Literature
History
Professions
Education
Social Work
Nursing

13. So, over time …
Philosophy has shrunk and refocused its purview on the larger and more basic questions in human experience.

14. Branches within Philosophy
Ontology
Epistemology
Aesthetics
Ethics
Logic
Applied

15. Branches within Philosophy
Ontology: what exists, and what is the nature of reality?
Epistemology: what is knowledge, and how do we know things?
Ethics: how should we live and behave? What are right and wrong, moral and immoral?
Logic: what is correct reasoning?
Aesthetics: how are standards for beauty, taste, humor, comfort arrived at?

16. Fields of Applied Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy of Politics or Government
Philosophy of Art
Philosophy of Medicine or Health Care
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Business
Philosophy of History
Etc.

17. Focus of HCOM 301 Basic Philosophy Applied Philosophy Ontology ☚
Epistemology ☚
Ethics ☚
Logic
Aesthetics
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy of Politics or Government ☚
Philosophy of Art
Philosophy of Medicine or Health Care
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Business
Philosophy of Life ☚
(Worldviews)

18. Let’s do some philosophy! Do you Exist?
Roman Catholic
Catechism
Who made you?
God made me.
Why did God make you?
To know, love, and serve
him in this world.
Yes, I exist,
(you, idiot!)
see me
feel me
smell me
hear me
I think, therefore I am.
René Descates

19. Let’s do some philosophy!

21. Assignment on 8-30