UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTA\ INSTITUTO PEDAGOGICO RURAL AGERVASIORUBION RUBIO - ESTADO TACHIRA ‘SUB-DIRECCION DE INVESTIGACION Y POST GRADO. A Curso introductorio. U.C. Inglés Instrumental para maestria y doetorado. anes and es, Dat EXERCISE SEVEN. PRACTICE SKIMMING AND SCANNING. sine presenta sige texto Leer radu espero iteogats reser inal ie WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY ats simplest, philosophy (fom the Greek philosophia or phllosorhia, meaning the love wisdom’) is the study of weescageoFhinking about thinking”, although the breach of wha i covers fs peraps Pest ilustrated by a selection of ciheratemative definitions: The dscinine concerned with questions of how one should lve (ethics); what sors of things en and what are their The taco topyscs), wha counts as genuine krowiedge (epistemology); and what ae the cost principles of reasoning (ogic) (Wikipedia) Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of realty, knowledge, or valves, based on logical reasoning rather than ‘empiical methods (American Heritage Dictionary) ‘The study of the ulimate nature of existence, reality, knowledge and goodness, 25 discoverable by human reasoning {Penguin Englsh Dictionary) Te raonal investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and eis (Worahed Fear eananes and uth, especialy about the nature of man ands behaviour and beliefs (Kemnerman English Mutilingual Dictionary) ‘The rational and critical inquiry into basic principles (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia) ‘grounds for human knowledge, and the evaluation of human “conduct (The Philosophy Pages) ‘As used oighaly by the ancient Greeks, the term “piosophy” meant the Paras ot nowledge for its own sake, and cemprsed ALL aca: of specuave nought, including the ars, sciences ene TAP Fe ea ie gaze nak tnd to rly 08 experiment, etnoush We ‘methods used to study it may be ‘analogous to those used in the study ofthe natural sciences araznus ove ued he ayo ha produce of oes SS oy mates Soh it has produced some its cost morse original ought nd ts contbulon Fe sociology, mathematics, science and Mterature has been inestimable. Although the study of philosophy Tf Tnot yield “the meaning of life, the universe and Cr eae pee tat is important tat each O96 or uch questions and even that an ‘unexamined life is not worth tiv at i ee good way ofeaing to thnk more Cay about a wide range of We fs not worth ving. I also roves © S027) anaty of stuations in oer areas of Me issues, and its methods of analyzing arguments can be use 0 ry wn ne et ti fi 1 at erat Ene Phy oon Philosophy (with, arguably, African Philosophy a5 & ee cae Pant 25 Realice un“ ERAINSTORMING* acerca de a Filosof®. 5.-Resaltar el parrafo o los parrafos mas importantes del texto. « Escribe las cuatro ideas importantes del texto. ‘Thankyou very much!