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The document discusses how the subject "Introduction to Philosophy" helps attain the graduate attributes of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP). It does this in three main ways: 1. It explains the fundamental knowledge and skills required for engineering, leading to professional competence. 2. It teaches discipline and order which are important for achievement. 3. It addresses ethical issues engineers may face and helps them consider social factors in decision making, developing critical thinking and problem solving skills.

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Reflection Paper - Philo

The document discusses how the subject "Introduction to Philosophy" helps attain the graduate attributes of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP). It does this in three main ways: 1. It explains the fundamental knowledge and skills required for engineering, leading to professional competence. 2. It teaches discipline and order which are important for achievement. 3. It addresses ethical issues engineers may face and helps them consider social factors in decision making, developing critical thinking and problem solving skills.

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SAMPIANO, FROILAND Y. DR. I. S.

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How the subject HUM 001 helps attain the TIP Graduate Attributes?

The subject “Introduction to Philosophy” is really helpful for us in attaining the TIP
Graduate Attributes. First of all, it explains the understanding of the way of life in order for us to
master the fundamental knowledge and skills required for the area of our specialization which is
the field of Engineering. It also inculcates in us the value of discipline and order to the path of
achievement by the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence. In fact, from the
perspective of some members of the engineering community - not to mention those of the
philosophy community - the situation is even worse. Engineering is customarily divided into a
number of different branches: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,
chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, computer engineering, etc. Something similar goes
for philosophy. It too includes different branches: logic, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics,
aesthetics, political philosophy, etc. Representatives of some of these areas of the philosophy
world, especially ethics and aesthetics, seem to have mounted canons on their areas of the
philosophy island in order to fire away at selected domains of the engineering world. Philosophy
is also important, in a second instance, because engineers actually face problems internally or
professionally that they admit cannot be resolved simply with engineering methods alone. I refer
here primarily of professional ethical issues. There are times in the engineering world when
engineers ask themselves questions about what they should be doing or how they should do it
that cannot be solved by technical expertise alone. Studies in the humanities and social sciences
serve not only to meet the objectives of a broad education but also to meet the objectives of the
engineering profession. In the interests of making engineers fully aware of their social
responsibilities and better able to consider related factors in the decision-making process,
institutions must require course work in the humanities and social sciences as an integral part of
the engineering program which is present in the TIP attributes. This philosophy cannot be
overemphasized. In other words, once the goal of engineering design has been reduced from
being humanly useful and beneficial to a context-dependent process, then the humanities and
social sciences are presented as a means to understand and evaluate such contexts. Otherwise
engineers would just be hired guns - and could serve the profession equally well as designers of
concentration camps or of green (non-polluting) chemical plants. Thus, while mathematics and
the basic sciences ground the engineering sciences, the liberal arts ground (in a different but
related way) engineering design. Would it be too bold to conjecture that, just as the engineering
sciences are thought to extend the basic sciences, by carrying "knowledge further toward creative
application," so too engineering design may be described as creatively applying some modes of
thought and ideals of the humanities and social sciences? Engineering is a “how” field. The
engineer’s goal is to see how to solve a problem. Philosophy is a “why” field. The philosopher
posits reasons as to why things happen and, indeed, if they should happen at all. Engineering
can tell you the best position to build a bridge across a river and the best way to build that bridge,
but philosophy can tell you that the best location from an engineering standpoint may not be the
best location in terms of human need. Philosophy truly helps us engineering students in attaining
the school’s attributes. It demonstrates understanding and mastery of the fundamental knowledge
and skills required for effective professional practice in the field of specialization which lead to
Professional Competence. It also leads us to exercise critical and creative thinking in providing
solutions to discipline-related problems. Philosophy is deeply needed in our field of study by the
means of reasoning and the application of theoretical basis which leads us to one of the attributes,
Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills.

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