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    I. The Psychology and Philosophy of Education of Ayn Rand as presented in ‘The Comprachicos’ Ayn Rand writes mainly about the status quo and what and who is to be blamed for such circumstances. She talks of a miseducation so ingenious that when one reads about it one simply gets baffled as he is forced to look into his own experiences from the home‚ to the school‚ to the Church and in the province or in the city. One can expect to see various parallelisms with how he is brought up and

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    Introduction In a quest to inquire into being‚ metaphysics is confronted by one fundamental question that; is reality constituted by one being or are there many beings? This question establishes the central problem of metaphysics that is known as the problem of the ‘one’ and ‘many’. Parmenides who first dealt with the nature of being and considered ‘being as being’ as the source of unification of all reality‚ held that “ultimately there exists a One Being”. It follows that this being is changeless

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    Study Guide: Lesson 10 What is Epistemology? & What is Knowledge? Lesson Overview With this lesson‚ we begin a new unit on epistemology‚ which is the philosophical study of knowledge claims. In this first lesson on epistemology‚ Dew and Foreman discuss some of the basic issues raised in the study of epistemology and then discuss the nature of knowledge itself. They consider questions such as‚ “What do we mean when we say we know something?” “What exactly is knowledge? Tasks View and take notes

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    In this chapter‚ ‘Contingency and Interdependence’ Barbara Herrnstien Smith’s discusses different framework discourses from Heraclitus Derrida‚ Hume‚ Bataille‚ Kant‚ Habermas‚ Richard and Frye regarding the value system. Smith provides an alternative structure based on multiple value systems in which she states “All value is radically contingent” (p.30). She also discusses that aesthetic value and judgement values in relation to art are not exempt from contingencies either. Traditionally when discussing

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    contemporary people may be living in a cave and which steps‚ based on Plato’s model of the Divided Line‚ will be necessary for their enlightenment. In the next column‚ based on Aristotle’s science of the first philosophy‚ analyze how Aristotle’s metaphysics may guide contemporary people to knowledge about the world. In the final fields‚ evaluate how you use either or both of the methods in your own life and explain how Plato and Aristotle used pre-Socratic philosophy. Cite your sources consistent

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    Twentieth century British philosopher A.J. Ayer sought to dispute the concepts of metaphysics through his works in the area of logical positivism. He published various works countering the concepts of metaphysics such as Language‚ Truth‚ and Knowledge and The Elimination of Metaphysics. It was in these works and others where he countered metaphysical claims such as the concept of a priori knowledge or knowledge through deductive reasoning that was popularized by philosophers such as Descartes‚ Kant

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    Noemi Faith A. Reyes OC199 2008-30806 Prof. Villar ONTOLOGY | EPISTEMOLOGY | METHODOLOGY | TELEOLOGY | -“…is from the Greek and means the study of the ontos or of the one‚ the universe. It is the study of those universal concepts which apply to everything‚ as well as those specific concepts which apply to the most substantial dimensions of Being (Fox‚1999‚ p.1).”-“…comes from the Greek Ontologia and means “talking” (-logia) about being (on/onto). It is a philosophical

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    Metaphysics is defined as “The study or theory of reality; sometimes used more narrowly to refer to transcendent reality‚ that is‚ reality which lies beyond the physical world and cannot therefore be grasped by means of the senses.” It simply asks what is the nature of being? Metaphysics helps us to reach beyond nature as we see it‚ and to discover the `true nature’ of things‚ their ultimate reason for existing. metaphysics can be approached in many ways. two important thinkers of metaphysics are

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    more than knowing and throwing around those special terms. The book is organized around eight central areas of the subject: mind‚ knowledge‚ language‚ science‚ morality‚ politics‚ law‚ and metaphysics. (Only the last of these‚ as you see‚ has a technical name. When we get to the chapter on metaphysics‚ I’ll explain

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    Study Guide: Lesson 7 Introducing Metaphysics Lesson Overview Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions of reality. Since it deals with literally everything that exists‚ it is perhaps the broadest branch of philosophy. However‚ we will briefly spend time in this area. In this lesson‚ we will introduce some of the questions that we seek to answer in metaphysics as well as some basic metaphysical terminology you will need to master as we discuss metaphysical issues. We

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