...Reflection of the Six Branches of Philosophy Various branches of philosophy have always become great debates in society. Many have questioned metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy and social philosophy. The author will discuss and reflect on the six branches of philosophy in which she will describe a time in her life when she have asked similar questions. In addition, the author will discuss specific circumstances that brought her to each of the questions and what conclusions she came about. Metaphysics The author believes that people do have free will and that God has given men the greatest gift of all, the ability of choice. Growing up the author was accustomed to hearing that life is already predetermined by fate, but through a mature life the author has come to the conclusion that one can determine their own fate by the choices they make in life. Understanding that people from various cultures have different values, morals and beliefs can lead people to see things only one sided. If a person grows up in poverty it doesn’t mean that he or she is destined for poverty. Everyone has choice and free will to break the poverty cycle by becoming successful and living a rich and prosperous life. When the author speaks of rich it’s speaking in terms of supportive and appreciative friends and family who loves one another unconditionally. In the words of Wayne Dyer be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice (2014)...
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...The Branches of Philosophy Joe Bess AIU Online Abstract There are six branches of philosophy, they are Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political, and Social. Each one of these branches asks a particular question that we seek the knowledge of ourselves, unknown to us probably every day of our lives. The Branches of Philosophy The six branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, political, and social. In dealing with each branch they ask certain types of questions that we no doubt ask ourselves each and every day. Metaphysics asks the question, what is real? In our earliest childhood we are taught by our parents that we should believe. Once we got older either one continued to believe or questioned our belief. As in heaven and earth, though we live in a physical world, do we still believe in the spiritual world? This would depend on ones beliefs. The soul is what makes us what we are inside, this I believe is where our conscious comes from, and in other words the soul makes up what we are in the physical and spiritual world. People were born to have freewill and the consequences that come along with it. But as fate may have it, it can be taken. The branch Epistemology ask the question how do we know. We know because we were taught by parents, siblings, in laws, teachers, Sunday school, and church. We learned by opening books, magazines our experiences going through life. These experience and lessons learned...
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...Explanations of the Branches of Philosophy Jacqueline T. Ashley April 3, 2016 AIU Online Professor Ian McDougall Explanations of the Branches of Philosophy Philosophy is the study of the primary essence of knowledge, reality, and existence, mainly when viewed as an educational regimen. Philosophy includes an approach of questions and answers among a couple of individuals; this approach is referred to as a dialogue. In a dialogue, an individual is searching for a reasonable view and comprehension and the other individual already has to understand and wants to assist the other. Philosophy encompasses six branches to aid in the comprehension of the orderly and logical approach to philosophy. The six branches are Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political philosophy, and social philosophy. The first branch in understanding in understanding philosophy is Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that handles the first concepts of things, including conceptual principles like being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space. Metaphysics is the first branch of philosophy credible for the research of existence and reality. It answers the question “What is?” It involves everything that occurs or lives as well as the type of existence itself. It determines whether the society is actual or simply a hallucination. It is an underlying perspective of society. It is the base of philosophy. If there was no justification or explanation of the society surrounding...
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...Hi Michele, Thank you for submitting the report on Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political, and Social Philosophy. I can see you have a personal philosophy expressing good ideas on the six fields of philosophy. When I reviewed the Unit 2 IP submission, I noted there was information that directly matched the content in several websites, word for word. (Identified on the Turnitin Report) at 17%. This is an instructional note Michele to let you know the issues with paraphrasing or using complete sentences without directly quoting and citing. When you paraphrase or borrow direct sentences, the information is written without your voice, words, phrases, or ideas. When paraphrasing a sentence citation and quotes are required. It is generally accepted that using three or more of the author’s original words is a direct lift and requires quotation marks or indentation. Changing one or a few words in a paragraph does not constitute paraphrasing the material. It is necessary to quote phrases or words identical to the authors, or it will change its meaning. However, direct quotes, not proper names or titles, should be limited. At least 85% of your paper should be in your own words, (not copied) and include a citation. When copying or borrowing other people's work, it is difficult to gauge your understanding of the material, because writing information verbatim does not show me that you read the material, thought about, perhaps analyzed it, broke...
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...University of Phoenix Material Name: Tierney Kennedy Islam Worksheet When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name, Islam. The word “Islam” is derived form the Arabic root “asalama” which literally means peace, purity and submission. Thus Islam means “surrender to the Almighty” and Muslim means “one who is in a state of submission”. It is understood that this submission is to the Will of God, as is laid down in the Quran. This tenet is unequivocally accepted by all sects of Islam be they Shia, Sunni or Sufis. 2. Explain the basic concepts of Islam. Islam is an unerringly monotheistic religion. It enjoins the existence of one God, his prophet Muhammad who is the Last Prophet in a long line of prophets sent throughout time and to every civilization, and the Quran as the Word of God revealed to Muhammad through the angel Jibrael. Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable and the purpose of life is to worship him and to adhere to his word, as laid down in the Quran, and in Sunnah , as closely as possible. They believe that Islam is the final, completed and universal version of a faith revealed too many prophets before; most...
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... CREATIVE SKILL · Research and inspirational work · Mood boards · Design development · Textile designing TECHNICAL SKILLS · Pattern · Draping · Sewing · Fashion drawings PROJECTS DONE IN PSFD · Lawn print for Nishat linen. · Children wear for Mini Minors. · Projects on themes like military, mafia, ballerina, color assignment. · INTERNSHIPS · Mrs. Kazmi (2months) · Nomi Ansari (2weeks) · Few projects with Yahsir Waheed. (in PIFD) · Attended Fashion Marketing seminar by Sarah Shahid. FINAL YEAR PROJECT OBJECTIVISM: A philosophy based Ayn Rand’s concept of “being” and includes the concepts of atheism self Supreme Being and the concept of “I” my task was to transform philosophy into garments. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Free volunteering in exhibitions · Excessive reading · Presentations · Poems · Sports ·...
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...The Six Branches of Philosophy Charlene Murray PHI 201 UNIT 1 IP AIU Humans are such complex individuals. Learning what makes each individual to think, and react has been widely studied. Philosophy is the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct and a personal outlook or viewpoint. The six branches of philosophy will help address questions often asked daily during human lifetime. Metaphysics is the study of existence Epistemology is the study of knowledge Ethnics is the study of action Politics is the study of force Esthetics is the study of art Social is the study of social behavior What is real? Scientist has based findings that the brain may distinguish between reality and fantasy, because real things tend to have a higher degree of personal relevance than something that is fictional. My personal experience with real; can you communicate with the dead. I can remember as a child my grandfather dead. He appeared to be sleeping but he died in his sleep. I can remember talking for hours the day before he died. He told me to always come to him if I needed to talk about anything or if I was having a problem. My reason for questioning this is every time I had a problem I would dream about my grandfather. And in every dream he always gave me sound advice which always solved the problem. So I do believe that you can communicate with the dead, but it is a spiritual connection. Ernst Mach (1836-1916) thought that the only real...
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...Slice of Life A Synthesis Paper on Philosophy and Logic Jonn Denzel V. Ramos BSGE-1E Does God exist? How to build an attractive city? Does life is real or just an imagination? An average person fails to answer these questions objectively, but philosophers have this will on solving these problems. Philosophy and logic are the fundamentals in search for meaning. Philosophers have these skill set which makes them think different from others, which leads and guides them to real and unbiased answer, it is a slice of life where they embrace every single moment they put up time and effort in their search for answer. Long time ago, Ancient Greeks invented philosophy as the way of thinking and asking questions about all things through its ultimate causes. Pre-Socratic Pythagoras coined the word philosophia which means “love of wisdom” or people who are faithful to wisdom as St. Thomas Aquinas called as wise man. Philosophy began to spread throughout the rest of the world, as the knowledge and discipline that engages and sharpens our reasons. There are three components of philosophy, the material object, formal object and natural scope. The material object refers to the subject being observed and finding the root cause on how it exist is its formal object. The natural scope is simply defined as natural reason which philosophers use in search for explanations. Ordinary and profound are two types of knowledge in philosophy. Ordinary knowledge is the foundation or the simplest form...
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...Introduction Every human resources department in any organizations will undergo the process of training and development of its employees. This process is one of the significant process that organizations must do in order to let their employees be trained in as for them to encounter the real situation in accomplish their job. Hiring the right people means more than just securing employees who possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform a particular job; these people must also be able to acquire new knowledge and skills as jobs and environments change,”(Dreher & Dougherty, 2001). One of the well-known and famous company that have succeed in business as the result of well trained workers is Wegman Food Markets. Wegman Food Market become famous and widely respected in the industry not only because of their success in sales volume but also because of their success in training their workers. This is due to the fact that many observers believe that the big reasons why the company stands out is because the training of the employees. Satisfaction was clearly shown in the customer face whenever they step out from the Wegman Food Market as they are happy buying and serve well by the workers. Wegman Food Market is a regional supermarket chain headquartered in Rochester, New York which is one of the top 75 United Stated supermarkets. The company was privately held and is a family-owned company started in 1916 by the Wegman Family. Robert Wegman is the chairman...
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...our world we face many religions without a relationship with their gods. But have you heard of a religion without a god at all? Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that began with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama also known as the Buddha, “the awakened one”. This religion began with his teaching spreading across the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent through the 4th and 6th century. This religion stemmed from Hinduism, similar to Christianity coming out of Judaism. Striving to gain more and more enlightenment religion always seems to evolve that’s why there are even branches in specific forms of religion in Buddhism; these two branches are Theravada “The School of the Elders” and Mahayana “The Great Vehicle”. In order to fully examine this religion I wish to address the founder’s life, Buddhist concepts, practice, and Buddhist text. Life of the Buddha Buddha was no god, he was a “student of philosophy and seeker of truth” (9,TQ). He was born Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of Nepal. When he was twenty-nine years old he left his position as prince to become a mendicant monk to gain enlightenment. He desired such enlightenment after seeing the state of people near where he lived. These are known as the “Four Sights” which include: an old man, a diseased body, a decaying body, and a monk. Following the sight of these things, “the end of suffering” ran ramped in the mind of Siddhartha Even after all of the women, riches, and fame that was granted to him by his father the...
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... Buddhism Buddhism is a religion in which a person is trying to reach nirvana. There are different things a person follows in order to follow steps that will take them to nirvana. Buddha gave up all the riches of his father and his family. In order to teach other a way of life that was in the middle of self-indulgence and asceticism. After reaching his enlightenment he traveled to teach his lifestyle to others. The Mahayana branch of Buddhism is one of the three branches of Buddhism that survived after Buddha’s death. Mahayana is known of the “Big Vehicle” and is the second of the three branches. History of Buddhism Buddhism was founded by Buddha Shakyamuni. He was a royal prince born in 324 BC in a place that was originally northern India that is now considered Nepal. This prince’s name means Able One. This prince started his Spiritual life when he was 29 and retired to the forest. It was after six years the he was able to attain enlightenment underneath a Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India. He was requested to teach; it was this request that was the beginning of Buddhism. It was this request that allowed Buddha to rise from meditation as he taught the first Wheel of Dharma. It is these teachings that include the different steps the Noble Four Steps, and more discourses. Principal sources of Hinayana, even the Lesser Vehicle of Buddhism; while later he would teach the Second and Third wheel of Dharma. Buddha ...
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...differences between UNIX/Linux versus Microsoft Windows. Our paper will discuss facts that cover security, administrative, networking, performance, programmability. Security Technical One of the key differences between the Unix approach to system security and the MS Windows approach is that significant security characteristics of Unix systems are a consequence of good architectural design. Modularity within the system is another example of architectural security in UNIX, but lacking in MS Windows. These differences in the design and relative security of Unix and Microsoft OSs illustrate a distinct difference in philosophy between them. A couple of factors considered in regards to the security features are the importance of privilege separation, user control and automatic execution. Unfortunately, the difference appears to be that where Unix has a philosophy of security built into the...
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...BLUECREST COLLEGE NAME: SAMUEL OWUSU DANSO COURSE: SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEVEL: 300 SEMESTER 2 PROGRAM: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(BSc.IT) ASSIGNMENT I AN ENTREPRENEUR INTERVIEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR Mr. Gabriel Takyi is a young man of thirty six (36) years old born at Abura Dunkwa a district in the Central Region of south Ghana. He is married for the past six(6) years with his magnificent wife Christabel with three kids. Gabriel pass through the junior high school and continued his senior high school at Amenfiman senior high school in Western Region of Ghana and did general arts as a course of choice. Mr Gabriel Takyi is now an entrepreneur who owns a supermarket and petroleum station with branches at Abura Dunkwa, Sefwi Wiawso and Dunkwa – Offin. ABOUT THE SUPERMARKET The name of the supermarket is NASCO supermarket. It has being in operation since 2000 at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western Region. He is mainly into sales of meat, fresh produce, dairy, baked goods and household products. At this current stage, the supermarket and all the goods in it worth about GHC 250,000. HOW THE ENTREPRENEUR STARTED After the SHS education, he didn't get any financial support to further his studies. So he traveled to Tarkoradi as a sailor. Some years back he went to Accra as a sales boy and later on learnt mechanic. So he worked with a friend as a junior mechanic, while working he saves some money. During his experience as a sales boy...
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...against King George III, who was singled out to represent the actions of the British government. These grievances are examples of actions that violated the criteria for good government stated in the second part of the Declaration of Independence. These grievances, therefore, justify separation from the King's bad government and establishment of a good government to replace it. The fourth and final part of the document is an unqualified assertion of sovereignty by the United States of America. It proclaims the determination of Americans to defend and maintain their independence and rights. The Six Basic Principles of the U.S. Constitution are: 1. Popular Sovereignty- The People are the legitimate and final source of Government Authority 2. Limited Government- Government may only do what the people have directed it to do 3.Separation of Powers- The division of government power among three equal branches: Legislative-...
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...Elitism in American Politics Elitism is the belief or philosophy that a particular group of persons with exceptional abilities, specialized training or experience, wealth, or other unique characteristics, are the people whose interpretations on different matters are to be taken most seriously. More simply, some believe these people are best fit to administer or whose understandings or actions are mostly likely to be beneficial and profitable. Otherwise, the term elitism could be used to pronounce a condition in which power is in fact focused in the hands of an elite, whether rightly or wrong. Pluralism, in a rather general sense, is the acceptance and approval of diversity. The concept is used in a wide variety of issues and sometimes in many different ways. In politics, the support of diversity in the benefits and beliefs of the community is one of the most imperative aspects of today’s democracy. In science, this idea defines many different philosophies, approaches and points of view that can be deemed legitimate and/or credible. This outlook may perhaps be the central element to major scientific advancements. It is believed that elitism best describes modern American politics. American politics can best be agreed that a large amount of political power is held by a relatively small, yet wealthy group of people that share similar interests and views, and more than likely coming from fairly comparable fortunate families and upbringings. Most of this country’s top leaders in...
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