Unit 1 Lesson 2 The Value of Philosophy and Philosophical Reflection

Unit One: Doing Philosophy
Lesson 2:
The Value of Philosophy
Introduction to the Philosophy

of the Human Person 1
What does
philosophy have to
do with everyday
life?
Improving the quality of your
thinking (philosophizing)
about it, you can improve
the quality of your life.
“How you think influences

how you act.”
What is the value of
philosophy?
1. Philosophy encourages us
to examine our lives.
philosophy?
2. Philosophy helps us to
challenge our views and
beliefs in order to achieve the
truth.
philosophy?
3. Philosophy helps us to
analyze our daily
experiences in life by
reflecting on it.
Marcelian's Philosophical Reflection
Primary Secondary
Reflection Reflection
Dissolving the unity, Put all things into unity,

analyzing the real synthesizing the object
meaning or function of and giving it a more
the object. personal meaning.
Primary Secondary
Dissolving the unity, analyzing the real meaning Put all things into unity, synthesizing the object and
or function of the object. giving it a more personal meaning.
LIFE
Biological functioning of the Having a “life”- having friends and
organs, breathing, beating of loved ones. Being with them, and
the heart enjoying with them.
Primary Secondary
HOUSE
It is not only considered as a house,
Structure, design of the house,
but a home in which family love and
size of the house bonding is present.
Primary Secondary
BALL PEN
A writing material, brand, A gift from my father, having a
color, shape sentimental value
Primary Secondary
RAIN
A natural phenomenon, A blessing from God for a farmer;
weather a curse for a commuter
Primary Secondary
WHO AM I?
Name, address, height and
The innermost core of my
weight. It is like filling up a bio
data being and personhood
Primary Secondary
PILLOW
It is like a friend, because I hug it
An object used for sleeping whenever I’m sad and lonely. It hears
me whenever I am crying.
Marcelian's Philosophical Reflection
The Husserlian
Phenomenological Method
1. Epoche
It means removal or bracketing of the
biases we have with the object
Questions to consider if you want to know your own Epoche or Bias on one
thing:
a. What is the natural attitude towards the object or experience?
b. What are the biases and prejudices towards the object or experience?
2. Eidetic Reduction
Eidetic comes from Greek word “eidos”
means “shape or essence”
Questions to consider if you want to know your eidos or essence of one thing:
a. What is the essence of the object?
b. What is the actual definition of the object or experience?
3. Transcendental
Reduction
“my” very own experience of the
phenomenon
Questions to consider to understand your experience on the object:

a.What is “my” own experience of the object or experience?
b.What are my personal understanding towards the object or phenomenon?
The
Phenomenology
of Happiness
Written by a OLFU Student
The Husserlian
According to the dictionary, happiness is a feeling of joy, pleasure,
and contentment; lucky and fortunate; having a sense of trust
and confidence in a person, arrangements, or situations; it is a
satisfaction with the quality or standard of something; lucky and
fortunate.
But for me, happiness means a lot of things. Happiness means

having a freedom, getting whatever you want, having
surrounded with the people who really loves you, having a good
family and friends, having a good life, achieving your goals, and
having no problems to be bothered for. For me, if you have all of
these, you are probably happy with your life. There’s nothing for
you to ask for. There’s no reason for you to become sad anymore.
But there are things that are meant to change one’s belief on one
thing.
And this happened to me as I am walking and learning through
the journey of my life.
When I was a child, I was a jolly and cheerful kid. I am fat that’s
why I also loved to eat sweets. I’m really addicted on it. For me, it
really tastes good. Not knowing that it has a bad effect on my
health. Being a child, I really don’t understand what is happening
to me.
My attention was only focused on the pain that I was feeling

before. For me, it was my worst situation that I encountered in
my whole life. On that time, my body became weak. All I really
feel was strong pain. All the smiles and laugh that can always see
in my innocent eyes before faded out. All I really feel was being
confused and pity for myself. And the saddest part here was I
have to avoid eating my favorite food, the sweets, because it can
cause my blood sugar to become high. I have to observed proper
diet and the food that I have to eat has already a limit. I have to
follow all of these to avoid having some complications that are
not good in one’s health.
At first, I got angry with those sweets that I loved to eat before. I
turned my blame to them. If they don’t exist, I should not have
this kind of illness, I would not confined in the hospital, my family
will not be disturbed and worried about me, my family will not
suffer for buying those expensive medicines for the sake of only
me, I will not blame myself for being addicted to sweets, and
above all, I will not be feeling all these kind of pain. I also felt pity
for myself. I felt that having this kind of illness is like that I am not
a normal child anymore. I’m also thinking on how the people
around me will accept and understand me if they really don’t
have an idea about my illness. What if they go far whenever I will
approach them? Or what if they think that I’m already a weak
person? And what if they think that I have no sense at all?
On that time, these are the questions that always playing on my
mind. And I thought there’s no reason at all for me to become
happy like before.
But later on, I have come to realize that there’s nothing and no
one has to be blamed for. There’s no reason also to become
afraid to the people around me. I have also accepted the fact. I
know it is God’s will. I know that God is always there for me and
will not let me harm.
And I know that He had given me this kind of sickness for a

purpose. And that purpose is for me to become stronger in all the
problems that I may encounter in my life. And also to prove to
other people that a person having a sickness like me, I can do
also what a normal person does.
On the other hand, this obstacle that I have encountered is not
yet finished. I thought that I may become happy again because I
have already accepted the fact that I have that kind of sickness.
And this is because of my other relatives. They are always telling
my parents that I stop studying because they say that I’m just
wasting money because of my sickness. They don’t believe in my
capabilities. They are thinking that I’m a weak person and cannot
do what a normal person does. They say also that if ever I
finished my college, I will not have a job and it’s all because of my
sickness. But I just don’t mind them. Instead, I’m studying hard
just to prove them that they are all wrong that my sickness is a
hindrance to be able to reach my goals and to become successful.
Fortunately, I am getting high grades because I really studying
hard. In fact, I’m not angry with them. Maybe, they just don’t
understand what they are saying. However, this is not entirely a
matter of joy as if someone is always making me down even I am
doing all, just to prove them that I can.
Lastly, As a result of my primary and secondary reflection, I can
now feel comfortable about myself. I have learned many things. I
feel free now because I have removed all the pains I felt before. I
see the phenomenon in greater totality and my pain is gone.
I have learned that happiness doesn’t mean that you are not able
to encounter some problems. Life is meaningless without
problem because problems will help you to learn many things and
will help you to become stronger in your life. For you to
experience happiness you must first overcome a problem in your
life and you can definitely and proudly say that you are happy.
And that’s the happiness really means.
The
Phenomenology
of Happiness
Written by a OLFU Student
The Husserlian
Unit One: Doing Philosophy
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Unit One: Doing Philosophy

Introduction to the Philosophy

“How you think influences

Dissolving the unity, Put all things into unity,

Questions to consider to understand your experience on the object:

But for me, happiness means a lot of things. Happiness means

My attention was only focused on the pain that I was feeling

And I know that He had given me this kind of sickness for a

Introduction to the Philosophy

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