Educational philosophy

Traditionally, epistemology has been defined as the theory of knowledge in which the primary goal has been to obtain truth while avoiding false beliefs . Knowledge was defined and universally accepted to be “Justified True Belief”. However, this was challenged when Edmund Gettier released a 1963 paper which demonstrated that justified true beliefs are intuitively not sufficient for knowledge due to epistemic luck. This sudden revelation triggered “a cottage industry of knowledge-analysers” ,…

The movie I chose for this paper was, The Matrix. While watching this movie not only did the special effects and fight scenes interest me and make me think it was a good movie, but, additionally I noticed a lot of philosophical parallels. It's easy to see that The Matrix is based off of Plato's allegory, the cave. The cave is about a prison that people are trapped in and can't get out, they are seeing these images and shadows in front of them, but they are not aware that the real images are…

Joseph Campbell was a writer and professor who studied mythology, Campbell was very knowledgeable about myths and believed that myths were always evolving and adapting in order to fulfill the needs of modern day audiences, as he so eloquently stated: “…myths offer life models. But the models have to be appropriate to the time in which you are living, and our time has changed so fast that what was proper fifty years ago is not proper today. The virtues of the past are the vices of today. And…

Response to Rachels “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” Different cultures have different conceptions of right and wrong. The Eskimos, for instance, commit infanticide often, leaving their babies to die in the snow. Although we uphold the same value of caring for our offspring, an Eskimo family may be unable to care for their child and select death as their final option. In our culture this is viewed as horrific, but to the Eskimos, it is a part of life (Rachels 35). Cultural relativism says…

Aristotle is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers in many subjects; one of these subjects being political theory. He has influenced how the framers made the constitution and the content put into the important document. His works and opinions still continue to greatly influence our current government due to the lasting effects of where his beliefs were placed; like in official documents. His contributions to our government are very prominent, but he is often not credited.…

As time passes, knowledge becomes more complex and philosophers start to develop different theories regarding how people come about this knowledge. There is a distinct difference between both Rationalism and Empiricism and both Descartes and Locke have found ways to discredit and support both views. Descartes argument towards Rationalism is much stronger than Hume's argument towards Empiricism. There is quite the distinction between both empiricism and rationalism. The major difference…

Life Of Pi Essay The book of “Life of Pi”, by Yann Martel is a novel of finding yourself through religion. The main character named Pi, believed in God and faith. He comes across a journey that showed him how to be a better person. The book shows how Pi struggled through deciding which religion is best for him. And learning how to survive when everything you had ever known is gone. The point I’m trying to prove is that readers can evaluate their own faith based on their own decisions. You can…

“But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart” (271). In Orson Scott Card’s, Speaker for the Dead, we are met yet again with Ender Wiggin, on a foreign planet, with foreign people, a new foreign alien species, and one he has carried with…

Of the several divergent cultural characteristics discussed in the textbook, I will describe three: individualist vs collectivist, direct vs indirect, and uncertainty-accepting vs uncertainty-rejecting. individualist vs collectivist In an Individualist culture, the focus is on being independent and self-reliant. Individualist culture also values individual members and thus focuses on human rights. A collectivist culture focuses on the common good of the group over the individual. In a…

Task One Conative - an inclination to act purposefully (Merriam-Webster, 2017). Rectitude - The quality of being straight. Moral integrity (Merriam-Webster, 2017). Salient - Standing out conspicuously (Merriam-Webster, 2017). Tacit - Expressed without words or speech (Merriam-Webster, 2017). Troika - A carriage drawn by three horses abreast. A group of three (Merriam-Webster, 2017). Task Two Health and poverty are closely connected, poor health can lead to increased poverty that in…