The Six Branches
The Six Branches
Christina Viola Hickey
American InterContinental University
Abstract
Philosophy is everything of the mind. The goal of philosophy is to address the “big questions” that do not fall into other disciplines: how people should act (ethics), what exists (metaphysics), how individuals know what they know (epistemology), and how people should reason (logic). Originating from Greek, the word means “love of wisdom.”(WiseGeek,2015) Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and social philosophy, these six branches give philosophy categories of questions. Let’s take a brief glance of what these branches mean.
The Six Branches
This is the six branches and what relation they have to my life. These are very important in every person’s life. Many do not even know that these branches exist, but knowing what they are makes you consider more… of a not knowing of what you thought you once knew. After exploring this I remembered of times in my life when things were different. I really enjoy philosophy and what I have learned so far, it feels kind of odd questioning things that never really made much sense but you knew not to question before this class exposed the right to ask, how come? Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the existence of anything in the world. Metaphysics is defined as, “The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.” (Oxford,2015) During my life time there has been many times that I have thought to myself, what is real? My answer to this question would be that what you feel is real is real to you. I feel when I truly believe in something, it is truly real to me. As an example of this in relation to me is when I was younger I was hesitant in the belief of God. But later in life I had started asking for Gods help and guess what every time I asked God for
Christina Viola Hickey
American InterContinental University
Abstract
Philosophy is everything of the mind. The goal of philosophy is to address the “big questions” that do not fall into other disciplines: how people should act (ethics), what exists (metaphysics), how individuals know what they know (epistemology), and how people should reason (logic). Originating from Greek, the word means “love of wisdom.”(WiseGeek,2015) Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and social philosophy, these six branches give philosophy categories of questions. Let’s take a brief glance of what these branches mean.
The Six Branches
This is the six branches and what relation they have to my life. These are very important in every person’s life. Many do not even know that these branches exist, but knowing what they are makes you consider more… of a not knowing of what you thought you once knew. After exploring this I remembered of times in my life when things were different. I really enjoy philosophy and what I have learned so far, it feels kind of odd questioning things that never really made much sense but you knew not to question before this class exposed the right to ask, how come? Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the existence of anything in the world. Metaphysics is defined as, “The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.” (Oxford,2015) During my life time there has been many times that I have thought to myself, what is real? My answer to this question would be that what you feel is real is real to you. I feel when I truly believe in something, it is truly real to me. As an example of this in relation to me is when I was younger I was hesitant in the belief of God. But later in life I had started asking for Gods help and guess what every time I asked God for
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