Philosophy Module1
Philosophy Module1
Philosophy Module1
Introduction to the
Philosophy of the
Human Person
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
The Meaning and
Process of Doing
Philosophy
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human person – Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: The Meaning and Process of Doing Philosophy
First Edition, 2020
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12 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on The Meaning and Process of Doing
Philosophy!
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What I Know
This portion will determine what you know about the word Philosophy. Using
the graphic organizer below, write the WORD/S or NAME/S of persons that are
related to the term Philosophy. You may add more circles if you have additional
answers.
Philosophy
Lesson
The Meaning and Process of
1 Doing Philosophy
What’s In?
To begin with this lesson, you have to read an excerpt from Plato’s Apology (37e)
and answer the question posted below.
“Now this is the most difficult point on which to convince some of you. If I say that it
is impossible for me to keep quiet because that means disobeying the god, you will
not believe me and will think I am being ironical. On the other hand, if I say that it
is the greatest good for a man to discuss virtue every day and those other things
about which you hear me conversing and testing myself and others, for the
unexamined life is not worth living for man, you will believe me even less.”
Source: Leibowitz, David. (2010). “The Ironing Defense of Socrates: Plato’s Defense.”
Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. p.163
What does Plato mean when he said: “the unexamined life is not worth living?”
Answer:
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What’s New
GETTING TO KNOW THE THREE GREAT THINKERS/ PHILOSOPHERS:
Match the RIGHT column with the LEFT column. Draw an arrow to
match the Thinker/Philosopher and the IDENTITY.
PHILOSOPHERS IDENTITY/DESCRIPTION
Sources: https://www.ancient.eu/socrates/
https://www.ancient.eu/plato/
https://www.ancient.eu/aristotle/
What is It
Origin of Philosophy:
Philosophy, as a term, has no fix meaning or definition. For the fact that once
a word or term is being defined, it creates limitation and boundary. In fact, questions
are more important than answers because having the answer stops the process of
doing philosophy while having the question leads us to wonder. According to
Pannone (2017) “what exactly is philosophy?” is a difficult question to answer, even
for philosophers. Perhaps it would be more accurate to ask: what is philosophy like?
He suggested some characteristics, which can be considered as processes of doing
Philosophy.
It is more akin to a child’s sense of the world, where everything is new and
fresh, unencumbered with concepts and labels. Wonder is, in short, the realization
that our ordinary understanding and sense of the world does not capture the totality
of the reality of the world. Wonder realizes that the ordinary bourgeois conceptions,
ideas, and understandings that we have received, based on utility, expediency, and
conformity, are not the totality of what is, nor do they capture the fullness and
complexity of the world and all that is therein. Wonder questions, but it does not
necessarily doubt or destroy. It may reject a bad, incomplete, naïve, or childish.
B. Philosophy engages its past and history in present day debates (The
abstract and the concrete).
Philosophy’s engagement with its past, even in its contemporary discourse, is
a different practice from other disciplines. Take chemistry and the theory of
phlogiston, for example. In the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth
century, scientists proposed that flammable objects emitted a substance called
"phlogiston" as they burned, and was responsible for combustion and for rusting. As
scientists conducted further empirical research, they challenged the hypothesis, and
at the end of the 8th century Lavoisier definitively discredited it.
Does this mean that philosophy never discovers answers to its questions? No.
Answers are found – then critiqued, reformulated, and challenged again – all part
of a conversation that has been going on for two-and-a-half millennia, and continues
to this day. At best, our answers to these questions are provisional. The provisional
nature of philosophical answers does not mean that all philosophy dissolves into
skepticism, at least not in the ordinary sense of the word: that no certitude is
possible, that there is no basis for judging the truth or validity of statements.
Granted, there are strains of philosophy that do argue just this, but they do not
represent the whole tradition.
Source: https://www.academia.edu/191015/What_is_Philosophy
What’s More
The Socratic Method: A Process of Philosophizing
The Socratic method is named after Greek philosopher Socrates who taught
students by asking question after question. Socrates sought to expose contradictions
in the students’ thoughts and ideas to then guide them to solid, tenable conclusions.
The method is still popular in legal classrooms today.
The principle underlying the Socratic method is that students learn through
the use of critical thinking, reasoning, and logic. This technique involves finding
holes in their own theories and then patching them up.
Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/
In this part, you are tasked to apply the Socratic Method: A Process of
Philosophizing by using the concept Pannone (2017), which are: 1. finding the
answer, 2. being criticized/ hindrance, 3. reformulated/ finding solutions, and
4. challenged/ accepting the challenge.
When jeepney driver Neil Serrano lost his job in March due to the coronavirus
pandemic, he knew he had to find other ways to generate money. Having sold
bananas and chocolates and worked as a delivery courier in the past, there was
nothing Serrano wasn’t game to do to feed his family. “Siyempre nagugutom kami.
Kailangan gumawa ka ng paraan para mabuhay. Lahat ng tao nagtitinda, ba’t di ka
magtinda?” he said. With a 1,000-peso capital and knowledge of how to make yema
spread which he learned from YouTube, Serrano ventured into food business.
After pouring hours into making jars of yema spread, he has grown his income
to P40,000 a month Serrano also expanded the menu to include chocolate and
cookies and cream spreads in just two months. “Sobrang thumbs up po talaga ‘ko
sa pagiging madiskarte ni Neil kasi wala siyang hindi kayang gawin,” said Lina,
Serrano’s partner who also lost her job in Taiwan amid the pandemic. Serrano made
sure to bring all his loved ones along with him in his success. His relatives, former
classmates, and friends are now resellers of his products. When he has the chance,
Serrano also shares some of his blessings to his fellow jeepney drivers.
“Sa mga kasamahan kong drayber, ‘wag kayong mawawalan ng pag-asa,” he
encouraged. “Matatapos din ‘to. Magtiwala tayo sa Diyos, matatapos ‘to sabay sabay
tayong makakaahon dito.”
Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/748069
1. Due to current Pandemic, Neil Serrano had lost his job. What solution or way
did he find to generate money to support his family?
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2. What was the main hindrance in achieving or generating money?
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3. How did he and his family able to survive during the pandemic?
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4. Why did he encourage his co-drivers to do same?
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What I Have Learned
Etymologically, the word “philosophy” derives from classical Greek and means
____________. Many philosophers in the _________ world held that the _______, the one
who knew, was, at best, an ideal towards which the ________, i.e., the philosopher,
the lover of wisdom, ___________, but never reaches.
Socrates was a _________ philosopher and is considered the father of western
philosophy. Plato is considered the pre-eminent Greek philosopher, known for his
____________ and for founding his Academy north of _________, traditionally
considered the first university in the western world. Aristotle pioneered systematic,
_____________ examination in literally every area of human ___________ and was
known, in his time, as "the man who knew everything."
Sources: https://www.academia.edu/191015/What_is_Philosophy
https://www.ancient.eu/
What I Can Do
Let us read an excerpt from “Sapagkat ang Pilosopiya ay Ginagawa”
by Fr. Roque Ferriols, S.J
ayaw nilang lumundag pero, para sa kanila, marunong na sila!
May mga taong gusto raw matutong lumangoy. Nakasuot panlangoy na sila
at sama-sama silang nakatayo sa tabi ng swimingpul. May notbuk at bolpen ang
bawat isa. Nagsasalita ang guro. “Una sa lahat,” aniya, “magsanay ka munang
magtampisaw sa tubig. Tapus, huwag huminga pero idilat ang mata at
magpasailalim ng tubig. Tapus basta’t dumapa. Huwag matakot. Lulutang ka.
Tapus, matutong gumalaw ng paa, Matutong gumalaw ng kamay. Matutong
huminga. At paulit-ulit na pagsikapan at pagtiyagaan ang praksis.” Habang siya’y
nagsasalita, masipag nilang sinusulat ang lahat ng sinasabi niya.
“At ngayon,” patuloy niya, “eto ang swimingpul. Oras nang magsimula.
Lundagin mo beybe!” Walang lumundag, pero sulat nang sulat pa rin sila. “Hoy, sa
tubig na kayo! Walang kabuluhan ang sulat-sulat ninyo kung hindi ninyo ginagawa.”
Wala pa rin lumundag. Sulat pa rin sila nang sulat. ”Hoy! Gising! Hindi ba ninyo
nakikita na nag-aaksaya lamang tayo ng panahon?” Dito may bumaling sa guro.
“Bakit ka ba nagagalit? Hindi mo ba nakikita na mahalaga sa amin ang lahat ng
sinasabi mo? Eto.” At ipinakita niya ang kanyang notbuk. Naroroon ang buong
talumpating guro mula sa unang salita hanggang sa huli...hanggang sa “Hoy!Gising!
Hindi ba ninyo nakikita na nag-aaksaya lamang tayo ng panahon?”
Nagsimula silang lahat na magsiuwi. Yamot at galit. “Biruin mo, pinagalitan
pa tayo!” Pero natutuwa pa rin sila. Masasabi ng bawat isa na kompleto ang kanyang
notbuk. Naisulat nila ang bawat sinabi ng guro. Kaya inaakala nilang natuto na sila.
Ayaw nilang lumundag pero, para sa kanila, marunong na sila.
Source: https://dokumen.tips/documents/
1. What do you think the students are thinking when they are writing the
instructions given by the teacher instead of going into the pool?
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2. Why is the teacher so keen on making the learners jump in the swimming pool
instead of just taking down notes on how to swim?
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Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Encircle the LETTER of your
chosen answer. Please minimize erasures.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the ancient history of
Philosophy?
A. Plato was the teacher of Aristotle.
B. Plato was the best student of Socrates.
C. Socrates never wrote anything.
D. Aristotle was one of the students of Socrates.
10. Why does the Socratic method still relevant until today? It is because…
A. One can learn through the use of critical thinking, reasoning, and logic,
B. One can learn things through reading and understanding the text,
C. One can study through the use of reasoning and feeling,
D. One can study everything through Socratic method.
Additional Activity
Do a philosophical reflection on a concrete situation (Davao Region COVID 19
Situation) from a holistic perspective (National COVID 19 Situation). You can read
from the news online or broadcast on TV and Radio.
b.) Reflection: This is where you are going to write the times when you are so down
or depressed because of the Pandemic. Also, this is where you can write the positive
things that you have experienced, like when you were happy or delighted despite of
the Pandemic.
c.) Application (Praxis): This is where you are going to write the lesson that you have
learned from your experiences during the Pandemic. These are the lessons that you
can apply or use in the future every time you will experience the same.
Your Title
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What I Know What I’ve learned Assessment
(possible answers)
1. Lover of wisdom 1. C
1. Socrates 2. Ancient 2. B
2. Plato 3. Sage 3. D
3. Aristotle 4. Seeker 4. B
4. Wisdom 5. Strives 5. C
5. Knowledge 6. Greek 6. C
6. Inductive 7. Dialogues 7. C
7. Deductive 8. Athens 8. A
8. Reason 9. Scientific 9. B
9. Love 10.knowledge 10.A
10.Athens, etc
Answer Key
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Abella, Jerrie. Indigenous people remember Macliing Dulag’s martyrdom.
GMANews.TV. 24 Apr. 2010. Web. 23 Jun. 2015.
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Kenny, Anthony. A New History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy. Vol.1.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Fabio, Michelle. How the Socratic Method Works and Why Is It Used in Law School.
2019. Accessed August 9, 2020. https://www.thoughtco.com/
Ferriols, Roque S.J. Sapagkat Ang Pilosopiya ay Ginagawa. Accessed August 1,
2020. https://dokumen.tips/, 2009.
Ferriols, Roque. Pambungad sa Metapisika. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila
University Press – Blue Books, 2014.
Kaufman, Daniel A. Knowledge, Wisdom, and the Philosopher. New York: Cambridge
University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy. Accessed August
10, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4619695
Daniel A. Kaufman
Leibowitz, David. The Ironing Defense of Socrates: Plato’s Defense. New York:
Cambridge University Press. 2010.
Maboloc, Ryan. Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person. Davao City,
Philippines. 2020.
Mark, Joshua J. (2009). “Socrates.” Accessed August 8, 2020.
https://www.ancient.eu/aristotle/
Mark, Joshua J. (2009). “Plato.” Accessed August 8, 2020.
https://www.ancient.eu/aristotle/
Mark, Joshua J. (2009). “Aristotle.” Accessed August 8, 2020.
https://www.ancient.eu/aristotle/
Pannone, Jason. What is Philosophy? Accessed August 8, 2020.
https://dokumen.tips/documents/. 2017.
_________. The Apology by Plato. Accessed August 1, 2020.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/
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