Antonio Burkes Philosophy 1 June 4‚ 2001 Comparison of Plato and Aristotle’s Philosophies Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in their own regard. Both agree that the world has a purpose‚ and that it’s not just an accident. Both also hate materialists since in their (materialists’) interpretation of the world‚ value‚ choice‚ and freedom are not plausible outcomes‚ and so morality and rationality do not make sense. And both ask the same question‚ what does it take to be a good
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Overview Philosophy means "love of wisdom." It is made up of two Greek words‚ philo‚ meaning love‚ and sophos‚ meaning wisdom. Philosophy helps teachers to reflect on key issues and concepts in education‚ usually through such questions as: What is being educated? What is the good life? What is knowledge? What is the nature of learning? And What is teaching? Philosophers think about the meaning of things and interpretation of that meaning. Even simple statements‚ such as "What should be learned? Or
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What is philosophy according to Socrates? Philosophy is an academic subject that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge‚ life‚ morality‚ virtue‚ and human nature. The original word for philosophy comes from the ancient Greek word philosopha‚ which means love of wisdom. Although Socrates himself never claimed to have any answers to the questions he raised‚ his views and methods of philosophy became the foundations of what
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PO Box 392‚ University of South Africa‚ 0003‚ South Africa Dates: Received: 05 July 2011 Accepted: 29 Sept. 2011 Published: 12 Nov. 2012 How to cite this article: Letseka‚ M.M. & Venter‚ E.‚ 2012‚ ‘How student teachers understand African philosophy’‚ Koers – Bulletin for Christian Scholarship 77(1)‚ Art. #25‚ 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ koers.v77i1.25 Note: This article was developed from a paper delivered at the Koers-75 Conference on ‘Worldview and Education’‚ held in Potchefstroom
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VOL 18 NO -235 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka‚ Thursday June 30 2011 Moral values‚ ethics and philosophy M S Siddiqui The dream of a child starts with a stereo type suggestion from parents that the baby will be a doctor - engineer. The baby has no other option to dream of being doctor or engineer. Our education system was framed by the British rulers to create civil servants to serve their purpose. They had created dreams of civil service. As a legacy of the British and the Pakistani system we
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TEACHERS COLLEGE THEORY OF EDUCATION AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY PREPARED BY O. MUTOVOSI (Principal Lecturer) MEd (Phil of Ed); B Tech - Ed Mgt; Bed (Pry Ed); DipEd (Pry Ed) QUESTIONS: What is it? Does it exist? Do Africans have a philosophy? Can Africans philosophise? • Because of a legacy of denigration that portrays Africans as incapable of abstract thought‚ the question‚ ‘What is African Philosophy?’ is the first that occurs to those outside the field of philosophy. • There has been extensive undermining
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1 Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction The Mind-Body Problem: Five Philosophical Observations: 1) You have a mind and a body 2) These normally work together 3) Your body is physical and‚ thus‚ publicly observable 4) Your mental life is essentially private; no one else can feel your pain‚ or experience the images you do; and unlike the physical realm the mental realm is not publicly observable‚ therefore‚ 5) You have privileged access to the contents of your own mind 2 Consciousness
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Lovers of Wisdom Ancient Greek philosophy arouse in the 6th century BCE‚ some claim that Greek Philosophy was influenced by the older wisdom literature and mythological cosmogonies of the Ancient Greek Near East. Greeks had confidence in the power of the mind Greeks used observation and reason to determine why things happened‚ they opened up a new way of looking at human existence. During the time of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle it was a crime to investigate the things above the heavens
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American University of Central Asia Existence of God Thomas Aquinas‚ Rene Descartes Sydykova Aizirek Introduction to philosophy Beishegul Alieva 11.03.2013 There are different questions of reality. Each man on the earth wants to know some things obviously‚ but there are some of them which people cannot obviously prove‚ for example how world was created‚ existence of God‚ what morality‚ justice‚ knowledge
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the Enlightenment knowledge to other countries around the world. As the Enlightenment developed into the mid 1700‚ an obvious shift occurred away from the reason-based philosophies of most of the leading English and French thinkers. The new philosophies that developed veered to take one of two major courses. Romanticism‚ a philosophy greatly attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ highlighted emotions and a return to the natural state of man. Skepticism‚ which increased importance under Scottish philosopher
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