Philosophers say the key to understanding human life is answering the really philosophical questions such as why are we here? Where did we come from? Where will we go? And so on and so forth. This has truly been a debate for the ages in philosophy‚ one that has stimulated thinkers‚ philosophers‚ theologists and scientists for thousands of years‚ hence led emergence of idealism and realism as two major traditional philosophical schools of thought in the realm of philosophy. So this paper projects
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philosophy are metaphysics‚ which addresses the problem of what is real; epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge; axiology‚ which is the study of values in general; ethics‚ which concerns itself with the good life and with moral value and moral reasoning; aesthetics‚ which is the study of art in all its forms; political philosophy‚ which is the study of the state and the nature of sovereignty; social philosophy‚ which is the study of social institutions and relations; and logic‚ which is the
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the metaphysics‚ axiology and epistemology of education. The above view is in line with Akinpelu (1981) position that the philosophy of education must be formulated on the basis of nature of man and the society as considered by that society (metaphysics).It should also be based on what that society considers to be the type of knowledge with acquiring and how best it could be acquired (epistemology). The same should further rest on the value system of what is considered most valuable (axiology). The
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The Philosophy of Education Ideals A standard by which we judge things in our existence. Simple apprehension our intelligent apprehends or understands the nature or substance or essence of things. The essence is represented by an idea in the mind by the mind. Once an idea is formed‚ we compare it with another idea and pronounce their agreement or disagreement of one idea with another idea and we come up to judgment. I D E A L I S M A philosophical approach that has as its central tenet (belief
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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and understanding. As an activity of thinking reasoning has certain characteristics. The first feature is a logical thought process‚ which is defined as logical thinking activities according to certain patterns or in other words according to certain logic. The second characteristic is the nature of the analytical thinking process. Analytic properties are the consequence of the existence of a certain thought pattern. The analysis is essentially an activity of thinking based on certain measures. Also
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“What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins
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matter. Thales lived in Miletus‚ then part of Greece and now present day Turkey. Herakleitos said there were four basic elements which were fire‚ water‚ earth‚ and air in balance. Herakleitos said the unifying factor in the universe was logos‚ which logic‚ or lawfulness. Herakleitos lived in Ephesus in 500 B.C. Anaxagoras believed that logos‚ the laws regulating balance‚ were not basic but were formulas‚ concepts‚ information‚ and ideas which could not exist on their own but were the actions of a
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World view is described as your core framework by which you interpret and comprehend everything. I will be explaining my view on its components of metaphysics‚ anthropology‚ epistemology‚ axiology‚ and chronology. My worldview has come to be by my experiences I’ve had in my 25 years with family‚ friends‚ and opportunities and events life has given me. Being a Christian plays a big part in my world view and how I make decisions every day. I believe in God and follow the word of the bible to
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describe either Plato or Aristotle’s ideas about metaphysics or epistemology. As for Plato‚ Aristotle’s metaphysics and epistemology are closely bound together. The nature of what we know is tightly bound up with what it is we know. Like Plato‚ Aristotle takes his cue from language‚ though‚ again like Plato‚ the objects of his enquiry are not linguistic items‚ but ontological ones. The classification of categories is of things‚ not terms. metaphysics is not interested so much in making a huge
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