Philosophical realism

Relating some philosophy on our chosen novel- One of the philosophy I chose to relate Romeo and Juliet with is "if love be rough with you, be rough with love." And this kind of philosophy is Realism because realism philosophy is the belief that some aspects of reality are ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, perceptions, linguistic practices, beliefs and many more. What I understand about the stated quote above is if you love someone, go after them no matter how hard it is.…

My adherence to the tenets of critical realism informs my teaching philosophy. Using the philosophical lens of critical realism, I see that students’ background, beliefs, abilities, values, skills, engagement style, and adherence to social work values and standards are different in every class. As an instructor, I feel it is important to understand each classroom dynamics to enhance students’ learning experiences. So, my basic teaching philosophy is to understand diversity and be open to diverse…

Turgenev introduced a completely new genre of Russian literature, realism. In the article “Turgenev’s Aesthetic and Western Realism”, author Victor Terras shows Turgenev’s passion for realism, stating, “as for Turgenev’s aesthetic, the central fact is that both his theory and practice are realistic on principle. He prefers observation to invention, research to fantasy, “unaesthetic” particulars to “aesthetic” commonplaces.” Realism in Rudin can be seen in the characters and scenes in his…

commissioned to execute frescos in the Vatican Palace by Pope Julius II. Raphael’s School of Athens (Vatican, 1510-1512) represents a pinnacle of humanism and Renaissance thought. A proverbial “meeting of the minds”; Raphael’s depiction of the philosophical concept displays appreciation for the antiquities and intrinsic humanistic ideas which can be observed in his artistic style and references to great thinkers of the past and his present contemporaries. According to Soltes (2011), this…

This argument allows MacKay to create an linkage between Watt’s personal bias towards formal realism and individualism in the 18th century novel and his real experiences and individual struggle to survive as a prisoner of war. It could explain how his choices of writers and writing styles influenced our collective history of what defines the 18th…

modal realism and why would one need to believe in it? What problems is modal realism proposed to solve? What problems accepting modal realism might create? In this essay I am going to explain what Modal Realism is the reasons people will choose to believe in it and the reasons people will not. I will outline the problems of Modality and how Possible World Theory, and extended on to that Modal Realism, will be able to solve it. I will then move onto the weaknesses of Modal Realism,…

While many philosophical teachings argue that we must view concepts with indifference and objectivity, Nietzsche says that philosophers still tend to fall under the influence of their own prejudice and instincts. Therefore, the argument that truths are far more valuable…

Peter Morath 12/22/2017 Philosophy of Mind 330 Prof. Jon Stoltz In Defense of Disjunctivist Theories of Mind Confronting Naïve Realism Most philosophers agree that some forms of hallucination might not be subjectively distinguishable from proper perception. This agreement, however, does not bring unity to ideas of perception. The intentionalist claims that because these two experiences cannot be subjectively distinguished, then they must be experiences of the same kind. The disjunctivist,…

When one attempts to define the term curriculum there are a myriad of meanings that are presented. The word curriculum according to dictionary.com is derived from a Latin word which means course of action, race. Today, when teachers are asked to define curriculum many will define it as a book that outlines what is to be taught and ways in which it can be taught. Curriculum refers to the means and materials with which students will interact for the purpose of achieving identified educational…

One very impressive attack on Hume’s argument, trying to solve it with its definition, is as follows. The first premise of the argument is challenged, which is “if we want induction to be rationally justified, induction must be reliable.” Since the definition of deduction is based on the validity of an argument, which is assumed to be reliable, why couldn’t reliability be a part of the definition of induction? Induction is defined to be reliable in this attack. However, reliability cannot be a…