Laguna State Polytechnic University

San Pablo City Campus

Business Logic

Bolosada, Jan Aira L.

IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY

Having a philosophy is having a general guideline in life, for how to live a life and
to certain extent most of us have these, in varying degrees of articulation. We might think
of philosophies as a personal mottoes, or personal codes or point of view – a way of
seeing and making sense of the world and our experiences.

Having a philosophy can also mean having a general guideline about a specific
activity or an aspect of life such as when an entrepreneur has a business philosophy. A
business philosophy might sound like “economic growth is inseparable from sustaining
interpersonal relationships”.

As such, generally, philosophy like these give us a sense of what an activity is for
(specifically in terms of the goals the activity is turned toward), indicating the purpose of
that activity, or what an activity is or should be about.

Finally, having philosophies also gives us a sense on how to think about certain
things. Having philosophies involve personal codes and guidelines which are
understandable by themselves in term of purpose as well as particular ways of thinking.

Having a purpose and a point of view is applicable not only to a person, but also to
social institutions. Each one has own mission and vision statement that articulates their
function, objective and methods.

VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY

Being philosophical has something more to do with a certain way of thinking

rather than having a code or having a point of view or even having a purpose. Being
philosophical has something more to do with the manner by which philosophers thought
about questions throughout roughly the 3,000 years of its history. So apart from
philosophy being a personal or institutional code or guideline, it is also a body of
knowledge or subject matter, with its own history and own credentials, its own
practitioners and its own methods following different traditions for specific purposes. Its
general purpose has something to do about examining in a systematic and disciplined
point of views.

Starting philosophize involves realizing that amidst all the things we know –
amidst all our perspectives and certain ideas about things in life and our experiences –
there are always something we do not know, something we have not thought about, or
some way we have never thought of thinking.

BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY

Branch of Philosophy Concern Question

Ethics Study of action What ought I do?

Metaphysics Study of existence What is being?

Epistemology Study of knowledge What can I know?

Aesthetics Study of art What is beautiful?

Logic Study of reasoning What is correct inference?

Politics Study of power What makes a just society?

Reference:

Calano et.al.(2016) Philosophizing and Being a Human: Sibs Publishing House