John Paul Acilo CS – 1202

15 – 49599 Hum 102

1. What is the Theory of Reality?

Reality can be defined in a way that links it to world views or parts of them (conceptual

frameworks): Reality is the totality of all things, structures (actual and conceptual), events (past

and present) and phenomena, whether observable or not. It is what a world view (whether it be

based on individual or shared human experience) ultimately attempts to describe or map.

Certain ideas from physics, philosophy, sociology, literary criticism, and other fields shape

various theories of reality. One such belief is that there simply and literally is no reality beyond

the perceptions or beliefs we each have about reality. Such attitudes are summarized in the

popular statement, "Perception is reality" or "Life is how you perceive reality" or "reality is what

you can get away with" (Robert Anton Wilson), and they indicate anti-realism – that is, the view

that there is no objective reality, whether acknowledged explicitly or not.

2. What is Being?

Being is an extremely broad concept encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence. Anything that partakes in being is also called a "being", though often this use is limited to entities that have subjectivity (as in the expression "human being"). So broad a notion has inevitably been elusive and controversial in the history of philosophy, beginning in western philosophy with attempts among the pre-Socratics to deploy it intelligibly.

3. What are the characteristics and kinds of being?

Actual - existing in reality and not potential, possible, simulated, or false Whatever exists now is an actual being.

Potential -  capable of being but not yet in existence; latent or undeveloped Grammar of, relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can

4. What is inquiry, insight and philosophizing?

Inquiry is to gain insight into questions about knowledge, truth, reason, reality, meaning, mind and value. Other human endeavors, not least art and literature, explore aspects of these same questions, but it is philosophy that mounts a direct assault on them, in the hope of clarifying them and, where possible, answering them.

Insight is the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing. Insight is the understanding of a specific cause and effect in a specific context.

Philosophizing is the practice of talking or thinking about important subjects imprecisely or boringly, sometimes instead of doing something practical and the practice of explaining philosophically

5. What is yoga as spiritual meditation? Explain.

Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline which originated in India. There is

a broad variety of schools, practices and

goals[2] in Hinduism, Buddhism (particularly Vajrayana Buddhism) and Jainism. The best-known

are Hatha yoga and Raja.

The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions, but most

likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, in ancient

India's ascetic and stamina movements

6. What is humanity according to Confucius?

Confucius said that humanity, or “Ren”, is a “love of people” stating “if you want to make a

stand, help others make a stand.” That is, the Confucian theory of humanity exemplifies the

golden rule. It is so central to Confucian thought that it appears 58 times in the Analects. Similar

to the Christian process of seeking God, Confucius teaches seeking Ren to a point of seemingly

divine mastery until you are equal to, or better than, your teacher. The Confucian concept of

Ren encompasses both love and altruism.