3 Modes Styles of Philosophy

Philosophy

Definitions of Philosophy
1. Philosophy is an Academic discipline that
exercises reason and logic in an attempt to
4. Philosophy helps to
understand reality and answer fundamental coordinate the various activities
questions about knowledge, life, morality and
human nature.
of individual and the society

5. It helps to understand the

2. Philosophy is the root of all significance of all human
knowledge. experiences.
6. Philosophy develops a
3. It is considered as mother of comprehensive system of
all sciences. thoughts about the universe and
life as whole.
SPECULATIVE
3
Modes/S
PRESCRIPTIVE
tyles of
Philosophy ANALYTIC
Speculate
According to Cambridge Dictionary
To guess possible answers to

questions when you do not have
enough information to be certain.
To form opinions about something

without having the necessary
information or facts.
To make guesses
(i) Speculative
It is the way of systematic thinking of everything that

exist or whole. Speculative philosophy means to see things as
a whole. Search for wholeness but it is not applied to a
particular item or experience. All knowledge experiences are
included. In short, speculative philosophy is the attempt to find
a coherence in the whole realm of thought and experiences.
IMPORTANCE OF SPECULATIVE
PHILOSOPHY
It proposes a philosophical appreciation of the

importance of history in our lives and in our
self-knowledge, but where history is
understood not only as revealing to us what
is past, but also as a shaping of the present,
which itself sets the conditions for future
developments.
EXAMPLE OF SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY
Family
Career
Education
(ii) Prescriptive
Prescriptive
according to Merriam Webster Dictionary
- serving to prescribe prescriptive rules of

usage.
- acquired by, founded on, or determined by

prescription or by long-standing custom
Prescriptive
according to Collins Dictionary
- making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions
- sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom

(ii) Prescriptive
Prescriptive philosophy means to establish
standards for assessing values, judging conduct and
appraising art.
It examines what we mean good and bad, right
and wrong, beautiful and ugly.
It seeks to discover and recommend principles
for deciding what actions and qualities are worthwhile
and why they should be.
Importance of Prescriptive Decision Making
Prescriptive decision analysis bridges the gap

between descriptive observation of the way
people do make choices and the normative
guidelines for how they should make choices.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_normative_and_prescriptive_decision_making_models#:~:text=
%22Prescriptive%20decision%20analysis%20bridges%20the,how%20they%20should%20make%20choices.
Example:
Family
Career
Education
Analytic Philosophy
Analyze
to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements
or give the essence of
to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes,

key factors, possible results, etc.
to study or examine something in detail in order to

understand more about it
Analytical
Identify the problem or subject

Gather and study your collected
information
Formulate a hypothesis and test it
Make a conclusion and verify to solve the
problem
(iii) Analytic Philosphy
1. A 20th-cent. philosophic movement characterized by its method of
analyzing concepts and statements in the light of common
experience and ordinary language so as to eliminate confusions of
thought and resolve many traditional philosophical problems.
2. Analytic philosophy means using common experience and ordinary
language to analyze concepts and language in philosophy.
3. A cluster of philosophical traditions holding that argumentation and
clarity are vital to productive philosophical inquiry.
4. A philosophical school of the 20th century whose central
methodology is the analysis of concepts or language.
(iii) Analytic
Analytic philosophy examines such notions such as

cause, mind academic freedom, equality of opportunities in
order to assess different meaning what they carry in different
contexts.
Importance of Analytic Philosophy
Develop or improve programs or products,

relational issues, processes, identifying audience
and client needs
Philosophy Infographics
Determine whether the statement is SPECULATIVE
APPROACH or ANALYTIC APPROACH. (
https://brainly.ph/question/17473677)
1. God is merciful.
2. 5 * 5 is 25
3. Abortion is immoral.
4. Killing is evil.
5. If you will live a good life then you will go to heaven.
6. The sky is blue
7. The student is examining the gadget
8. The circle is a square.
9. Man is a rational animal.
10. Life is beautiful.
1. Speculative Personal/Individual
2. Prescriptive Group/Society
3. Analytic Experimental / Scientific
Thorough Study thru Language

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Philosophy

5. It helps to understand the

To guess possible answers to

To form opinions about something

It is the way of systematic thinking of everything that

It proposes a philosophical appreciation of the

EXAMPLE OF SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY

- serving to prescribe prescriptive rules of

- acquired by, founded on, or determined by

- making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions

- sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom

Prescriptive decision analysis bridges the gap

to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes,

to study or examine something in detail in order to

Identify the problem or subject

Analytic philosophy examines such notions such as

Develop or improve programs or products,

3. Analytic Experimental / Scientific

Thorough Study thru Language

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