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4 Branches of Philosophy - Coggle Diagram
4 Branches of Philosophy
Logic
From classic Greek word logos which means the word, or what is spoken. However, the word has changed it's meaning to thought or reason.
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There are two types of logic, deductive and inductive reasoning.
Deductive reasoning involves examining a general case, deducing a general set of rules or principles, and then applying these rules to specific cases.
Inductive reasoning involves taking specific examples and considering the general principles, rules, or cases that caused them.
The precision of logic helps philosophers to cope with the subtlety of philosophical problems and the often misleading nature of conversational language.
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Epistemology (Knowledge)
Epistemology is often referred to as the theory of knowledge. It delves into the definition, scope, and parameters of knowledge and knowledge formation.
Derived from the Greek word episteme, meaning knowledge or understanding, epistemology refers to the nature and origin of knowledge and truth.
Epistemology proposes that there are four main bases of knowledge: divine revelation, experience, logic and reason, and intuition. These influence how teaching, learning, and understanding come about in the classroom.
Epistemologists ask, for instance, what criteria must be satisfied for something we believe to count as something we know, and even what it means for a proposition to be true.
Axiology (Values)
The study of value; the investigation of its nature, criteria, and metaphysical status.
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These different studies include aesthetics, which investigates the nature of such things as beauty and art; social philosophy and political philosophy; and, most prominently, ethics, which investigates both the nature of right and wrong and the nature of good and evil.
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