My Philosophy of Education by Javier Medina I grew up in Venezuela‚ where education follows a model in which the teacher shares his knowledge with the student and the student learns from the teacher‚ not the other way around. I believe this model would benefit from some changes to create more successful individuals in both their professional and personal lives. In the Venezuelan classroom‚ the teacher takes an active
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Bibliography: Solomon‚ Robert‚ Introducing Philosophy‚ 8th edition‚ (Oxford University Press‚ NY 2005) pp266-279
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Philosophy 120W Looking at the world as a big picture and everyone who is in it‚ they all seem to strive for the same thing in life‚ happiness. Happiness or Eudemonia as Aristotle calls it‚ is created through the process of combining five different components. These are the following components: Human function‚ the rational part of the soul‚ habituation‚ character‚ and virtue. Since our society craves happiness and views it as the best achievement we could have‚ Aristotle described it as the
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Phillmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and hiked 75 miles in ten days. On that trip my crew and I had plenty of time do think about things and while we were hiking with 50-60 pounds on our back we realized that life is like a backpacking trip. The main philosophy about backpacking is to survive with the minimum and get the maximum experience out of it. On this trip all you had to survive was what was in your pack which included food‚ sleeping gear‚ clothes‚ and basic necessities nothing more. While on the
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Philosophical ethics are an attempt to define moral action. Theories try to answer questions such as ‘what is a moral action?’ and ‘how should men act?’ In the case of classical theories the main question is ‘What is the good life? We all grow up learning our ethics‚ or morals‚ from our parents and society. As we grow we are told things; do not cross the road alone‚ clean your room. But there are a set of instructions that we are told‚ and we grow to learn that they have quite a different motive
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Moral Philosophy “Principles or rules that people use to decide what is right or wrong” 1.TELEOLOGY:- * An act is considered morally right or acceptable if it produces some desired result‚ i.e.‚ pleasure‚ knowledge‚ career growth‚ a self-interest‚ or utility. * Theory that derives duty from what is valuable as an end‚ in a manner diametrically opposed to deontological ethics. Teleological ethics holds that the basic standard of duty is the contribution that an action makes to the realization
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Simpson’s and Philosophy In the chapter Thus Spake Bart: On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad‚ Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson’s and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets
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god whom he described as the "prime mover" and considered the idea a metaphysical necessity. High described god as "Pure thought thinking about itself". Plato and Aristotle both drew from Socrates as a primary influence. Aristotle stated that philosophy exist because of the minds ability to wonder. Plato is pointing toward the heavens‚ Aristotle is pointing toward the earth. Plato believed "essence" (the essential element of each thing in existence) came from the heavens‚ and what we saw were
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Mardiana Ulfa “A child’s different inner sensibilities enable him to choose from his complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things‚ but leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world.” The Secret of Childhood‚ p.42‚ Chap 7 . Define the terms of sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and
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was a relationship between the realm of Forms and our world. This relationship revealed to us mortals the forms and brought order to life. Aristotle objected to Plato’s view‚ arguing that one cannot know the type of interaction which is occurring between the two Forms. If the “real or ideal forms” are eternal‚ pure and unchanging then how do they relate to the material objections or Forms on earth with all their physical imperfections? This participation or imitation link between the real and the
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