• Last Class: November 21st • Apology is a public speech; Crtio is a private speech • Socrates ○ was the first philosopher concerned with human affairs (ethics‚ morality) ○ Socrates originally devoted his time to science ○ Later abandoned science and shifted attention to ethics-philosophy ○ Never wrote anything; so how do we know anything about him? Because of: § Plato § Xenophon § Aristophanes (Clouds)- accuser ○ Plato is the mouth piece of Socrates in most cases
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Philosophy of Education - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW‚ CURRENT TRENDS philosophical philosophers field educational Search All U.S. Universities HISTORICAL OVERVIEW William K. Frankena CURRENT TRENDS Nicholas C. Burbules Nathan Raybeck HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The word education is used sometimes to signify the activity‚ process‚ or enterprise of educating or being educated and sometimes to signify the discipline or field of study taught in schools of education that concerns itself with this activity
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been in constant change all throughout history‚ philosophers contradicting one another in a constant battle to achieve greatness‚ and proceeding in a constant never ending cycle of philosopher contradicting philosopher. Because of this non-stop constant change in philosophy‚ Democritus‚ one of the earliest philosophers‚ would have a completely different opinion on the question of who we are? Than that of the Greek philosopher Plato‚ or of a philosopher like Descartes. Although the question itself might
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continental philosophers are Heidegger‚ Derrida‚ Foucault‚ Sartre‚ and Husserl. Continental philosophers generally reject most science and scientific ways of doing anything (even science). They like to look at philosophy from historical approach‚ combining thoughts from all sorts of philosophers and looking at concepts like context‚ time‚ space‚ etc. They do not analyze philosophy in terms of looking at only one specific text‚ but instead look broadly at all texts. Continental philosophers also value
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The debut of philosophy goes all the way back to the BC era‚ when philosophers like Thales‚ Euclid and Pythagoras were asking questions about the universe‚ figuring out what stuff was made of‚ determining if empty space actually exists‚ and uncovering logic and mathematical theories. No one can state for sure who the first philosophers were‚ since not every theory and philosophical ideas were recorded in writing. When discussing historical philosophy most people divide it into eastern and western
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Virginia Held is a modern day philosopher with theories on the feminist view in philosophy. All of the major philosophers have always written from the male perspective. As far back as the Bible‚ most major writings have always been geared towards men. They were considered the predominant species from the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib. Many philosophers have described worlds that were based upon men‚ war‚ and reason. These theories were based on the experience of man. Women were too emotional
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Plato’s dialogue: The Gorgias‚ 482e-484e: The Speech of Callicles When I first began to read this passage I was a little confused at the message Callicles was sending to reader and to the philosophers of that time. As I continue to study philosophy I get the sense that most philosophers question the same thing for reason of being. The question of “why” and “what makes…” is the common theme with most things I’ve come across in this course. To read a passage that was written which portrays the
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transported to Pleasantville. There‚ they must adapt to a different lifestyle and confront the truths about themselves that they ignored in the superficial world they once inhabited. When they are brought to Pleasantville‚ they also act as a philosopher who is bringing knowledge to the small town. For the people that live in Pleasantville‚ they are stuck
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Many philosophers make arguments to try and prove God existence‚ while many of them think they have succeeded. Just a few of the philosophers that are still taught today‚ consist of: St. Anselm‚ Gaunilo and Descartes. These three philosophers all have their own arguments for Gods existence‚ and they all differ in many ways. Philosophers even like to make arguments that refute other philosophers’ arguments. St. Anselm was born in 1033 and died in 1109. St. Anselm was a well-known philosopher in his
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Phaedo: Plato Creative Writing Assignment Phaedo is a dialogue written by Plato‚ in which Socrates‚ a Philosopher‚ is in prison and soon will receive the death sentence. Two hours before his death sentence‚ Socrates is attempting to comfort his friends‚ in which he explains his philosophical standpoint on death. Socrates‚ being a philosopher of the time is not threatened by death‚ and in fact looks forward to death. To him‚ death is simply the separation of the body and the soul‚ and to his philosophical
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