Rhetoric of Pedagogy in Femi Osofisan’s Twingle Twangle; A Twyning Tale. A MAN wanted to know Which is better – war or peace‚ The knife or the spoon‚ blood Or water? Thus opens Femi Osofisan’s play Twingle Twangle; A Twyning Tale. It is about knowledge and the quest for understanding. Man is riddled by so many philosophical issues that surround his existence which makes him to question the very essence of his ontology. It is this inability to comprehend the forces of nature that has compelled
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Liz Johnson December 12‚ 2012 Kant and Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is
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will describe philosopher Immanuel Kant’s integration of both philosophical beliefs of rationalism and empiricism‚ and why both “experience and reason” are important for “…constructing our knowledge of the world” (Chaffee‚ 6.5‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)). Kant wanted to bring together both the different thought schools of rationalism and empiricism because he believed people could not have one without the other; we can’t have reason without experience and vice versa. Kant wanted to accomplish this
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beings Kant believes we have a categorical duty of self-preservation to not wilfully take our own lives. Kant talks in depth about duty and believes we should act out of respect for the moral law. The will is the only inherent good‚ as we are only motivated by duty and nothing else. We should act only out of demands of the law‚ not from inclination‚ desires or to achieve a particular goal. Duty dictates we should never act or will something if we do not want it to become a universal law. Kant was against
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at the terms pedagogy and andragogy’. Learning What is learning? Learning is a process by which we change our behaviour and understanding. We learn in many ways. For instance‚ the cognitive orientation to learning‚ this could be said to be how children learn‚ (see child learning section). Secondly‚ there is the humanistic orientation to learning‚ this could be said to be a personal act to fulfil potential‚ through experience and
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Kant: Goodness The philosopher I used is Immanuel Kant. He was very practical in his thinking of goodness. A quote of his was "I ought‚ therefore I can". His view was good anything is under good will . He believed good will was the primary goodness‚ good in its purest form‚ and that it couldn’t be corrupted. Good feelings and good intentions and actions can be interpreted in different ways; man can corrupt these things into evil...even though it still might be good in that man’s eyes
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In the Book “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” I was moved by the statement which read “almost always‚ during the initial stage of the struggle‚ the oppressed‚ instead of striving for liberation‚ tend themselves to become the oppressors‚ or sub-oppressors.” (Freire) pg. 45 This has been made evident time and time again where the oppression‚ no matter how subtle or extreme‚ has cause the oppressed to have a distorted view of themselves or possibly have adopted the view impose upon them by the oppressor.
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Is skepticism self-refuting? Immanuel Kant argued that although human knowledge comes from experience‚ nonetheless knowledge must be grounded in some necessary truths. It is hard to see how the existence of logically and metaphysically necessary truths is enough to ground human knowledge. Following Kant’s reasoning‚ there are certain types of knowledge we have no access to. I will argue that Presuppositionalism is more plausible than Kant’s skepticism about certain types of knowledge‚ and that from
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Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development For more information‚ see Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development. Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence first developed by Jean Piaget. It is primarily known as a developmental stage theory‚ but in fact‚ it deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come gradually to acquire‚ construct‚ and use it. Moreover‚ Piaget claims the idea that cognitive development
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The Influence of Kant and Rousseau on the Enlightenment The eighteenth century was a time of rapid change and development in the way people viewed humans and their interaction with others in society. Many countries experience revolution and monarchies were overthrow. People began to question the values that were ingrained in society and governments that ruled them. Two of the biggest philosophers of that time were Immanuel Kant and Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ who both ignite the overthrow of tradition
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