HISTORY

Thales The first philosopher is usually said to have been Thales.

According to this view, philosophy truly is the mother of all science: it gives birth to new disciplines, takes care of their up- bringing, and, after making sure that they are mature enough, releases them on their own. In this way, every science has philo- sophical origins.v

The four main branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic.

The 3 main branches of philosophy are: Metaphysics. Ethics. Epistemology.

Explain and differentiate three main areas of philosophy: ethics, epistemology and metaphysics.

Through the 7 branches of Philosophy, i.e. Metaphysics, Axiology, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics, it sets out to harmonize sciences to understand the human mind and the world.

Readings for philosophy courses are generally not long, but they are difficult and challenging. You cannot expect to go through an assigned reading once and have an adequate grasp of it. Some students seem to thrive on the painstaking study required, while others simply don’t have the patience for it.

It helps us solve our problems -mundane or abstract, and it helps us make better decisions by developing our critical thinking (very important in the age of disinformation).

Philosophy was a way of life. Not merely a subject of study, philosophy was considered an art of living, a practice aimed at relieving suffering and shaping and remaking the self according to an ideal of wisdom; “Such is the lesson of ancient philosophy: an invitation to each human being to transform himself.

The study of philosophy helps students to develop both their capacity and their inclination to do critical thinking. Other disciplines also help in fulfilling this function, but philosophy contributes distinctively, intensively, and extensively to a student’s ability to think critically.