My Philosophy on Education When I first read over the assignment on educational philosophy‚ it was not something I gave much thought to. It also seemed like a daunting task as I read the handout. The terminology alone was foreign‚ Metaphysics‚ Epistemology and Axiology. I had to look Axiology up in the dictionary‚ I thought it might be some sort of medieval craft lumberjacks practiced. Then when reading chapter nine things became somewhat clearer to me. I wrote down notes and some thoughts
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“We see and understand thing not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. This quote states that a person’s understanding is not objective‚ as it is affected by several factors. The statement speaks about seeing and understanding seeing and understanding refers to perceiving. Perception is the process where sensory stimulations is translated into organized experience . The quote mentioned above says that it depends on what we know and how we
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evidence‚ statistics‚ graphs‚ deductive or inductive logic‚ emotion‚ satire? (See Chap. 3 of Current Issues or Critical Thinking.) Now make a critical statement: If the author uses facts‚ does he or she use facts in such a way that he or she convinces his or her audience the author is right? If statistics are used‚ are they relevant statistics; do they help show the validity of the author’s argument? If deductive logic is used‚ show that logic and then explain how it does or does not clarify the
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As humans we naturally believe that the sun will rise tomorrow. But why is it that we believe this? In the following essay I will explore the logic behind this question focusing on Bertrand Russell’s arguments of induction‚ and the uniformity of nature as presented in his book “The Problems of Philosophy” Russell’s principle of the uniformity of nature suggests humans and animals fall into the trap of believing that everything that has and will happen becomes a “general law with no exceptions”
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| Connections and Contrasts of Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes | | | | The Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy‚ and important to the evolution of natural sciences. In this work‚ Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism. Descartes modified it to account for a truth he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything
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made. This paper will explain the relationship between critical thinking and ethics‚ how the principles and rules of critical thinking are applicable to ethical reasoning‚ and if ethical decisions would be necessary if everyone followed the rules of logic. Is Critical Thinking Applicable to Ethical Reasoning? Ethical reasoning is based on the principles of what is considered right and wrong. Critical thinking on the other hand‚ warrants more of a thought process‚ causing one to analyze the situation
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of fact‚ such as‚ “…with the others seizing the billions of dollars paid in taxes by women to whom he refuses ‘Representation.’” Paine also used claims of fact. “A government of our own is our natural right.” Her argument was effective because her logic was powerful especially when she stated that “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” What makes his argument effective was his ability to convince people that it was infinitely wiser and safer to form a constitution of their own. Catt uses rhetoric
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* A fallacy is a flaw in logic‚ where the argument‚ answer‚ or result given does not match the evidence as set out. For example if I say‚ Mary is not a good person because she eats steak and vegetables. The explanation as to why she is not a good person is inadequate‚ as eating steak and vegetables has nothing to do with morality vegans and Buddhists morality aside‚ as that would be an implication and not part of the evidence presented. Early work in informal logic favored fallacies as a way of
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let them know how disgusted and sickened to have his work destroyed with no good cause. The writer use logos to appeal to logic throughout the writing. Vonnegut uses logic when he said “If you were to bother to read my books‚ to behave as educated persons would‚ you would learn that they are not sexy‚ and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind.” This is an appeal to logic because they probably never read his books‚ but they judged them anyways. How can they say the books convey sexy and wildness
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