SKEPTICISM PHILOSOPHY Skepticism: • It comes from the Greek word skeptikoi which means “seekers” or “inquirers.” • It refers to the critical attitude wherein a man questions different things including the well-known absolute truth or knowledge. • Note that skepticism (philosophical that is) should be contrasted with philosophical dogmatism wherein the latter is the direct opposite of the former. Philosophical dogmatism refers to an attitude wherein a man believes to have absolute
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DEFINING PHILOSOPHY PAPER Defining Philosophy Paper University of Phoenix PHL/215 Defining Philosophy The word philosophy comes from the two Greek words philein‚ which means “to love‚” and sophia‚ which means “knowledge” or “wisdom.” Because knowledge can be discovered in many fields‚ the Greeks‚ who invented philosophy‚ thought
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NO: NTI/PGDE/2015/10309 SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (PGDE 107) ON THE TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE LECTURER: DR MARK LEIGHA 2015/2016 NTI PGDE PROGRAMME TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Philosophy of Education according to Okoh (1992) is the
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Modern philosophy in Europe Professor Sjursen Assigned: 3/15/2011 Due: 5/18/2011 Philosophy through Mathematics For centuries mathematics has been the bases to almost everything we do. Whether we are dealing with complex physics or modern medicine‚ without mathematics almost nothing we have now would be possible. Mathematics is a broad topic that can be broken down into many different categories. Most people limit their mathematics to just basic arithmetic and some geometry but the world
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MAJOR FIELDS OF PHILOSOPHY Epistemology - is the branch of philosophy that addresses knowledge‚ especially in regards to its method‚ validity‚ and scope. It is what helps distinguish between a justified belief or claim and an opinion. Logic - is the science of correct thinking. A classic definition is new and necessary reasoning. It’s new because you didn’t know the item before‚ and necessary because a correctly formulated syllogism has to be true if the bases are true. We took two axioms and made
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The search for Filipino Philosophy Is there a Filipino Philosophy? I read an essay titled “Doing Philosophy in the Philippines” by Dr. Afredo P. Co and his answer to this question can be summarized this way: Since the Philippines is a melting pot of cultures brought about by invasions‚ missionaries‚ trade etc. the Philippines has no distinctive and native philosophy to speak of. He goes on to say that the Philippines is a Spanish creation and an amalgam of east‚ west‚ north‚ south‚ Christian‚ pagan
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ABSTRACT Philosophy of education can elude to either the educational field of connected theory or to one of any instructive theories that advance a particular sort or vision of education‚ and/or which inspect the definition‚ objectives and importance of education. As a scholastic field‚ philosophy of education is the philosophical investigation of education and its problems...its focal topic is education‚ and its routines are those of philosophy. The reasoning of training may be either the hypothesis
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The word philosophy‚’ by definition‚ is extremely vague and ambiguous. It can be related to anything to do with thought‚ perception‚ and even basic human existence. Therefore‚ in defining philosophy‚ perhaps it is easier to simply state what it may or may not involve rather than trying to find a concrete and simplified definition. <br> <br>Philosophy includes the studies of logic‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ metaphysics‚ and epistemology. Logic deals with the principles and systems of reasoning. It is
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African philosophy African philosophy is a holistic philosophy which shares certain ideas with Buddhist philosophy: it stresses the importance of the human community and the community’s place in the Universe. In the following we are going to discuss the main idea of African philosophy and ubuntuism. Ubuntu is part of African philosophy‚ but it can be separately defined. African philosophy is philosophy produced by African people‚ philosophy which presents African worldviews‚ or philosophy that uses
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Chapter 1 Key Concepts • Philosophy: from Greek roots meaning “the love of wis¬dom.” • The primary areas of 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
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