Philosophy of education

Final Essay Questions- “The Art of Letting Go” “Introduction to My View” Are humans innately good or bad? I believe humans are innately good, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed. He believed that individuals were born with an intuitive understanding of what’s right or wrong. I believe people want to be good and do what is right. As a counselor in training, this is my view of human nature and our society. I truly believe that people want to move in a positive direction in their lives and careers.…

socratic age of philosophy, The Apology by Plato chronicles the trial of Socrates on the charges of corruption of youth and not believing in the Gods. Plato, a young follower and apprentice of Socrates, documents the trial in its’ entirety from beginning to the unfortunate end in which Socrates is sentenced to death. The Apology is the trial of Socrates on a very basic and literal level but upon further inspection, one comes to realize that not only the philosopher is on trial but philosophy…

Hashaam Naseer Professor Conuel Philosophy 104 Objective Morality In order to understand the reality or the fiction of objective morality it is crucial to first understand the meaning of objective morality. Like with many philosophical terms; by no means is there a definitive meaning of objective morality. Objective morality could be considered as an ideal of a system of ethics, with set moral judgements, is factually correct rather than just correct because of subjective opinion. The claim of…

After Socrates finishes his argument that the soul is like the Forms and therefore is immortal, Simmias interrupts and tries to disprove Socrates’ argument. He begins by comparing Socrates’ argument to a harmony in relation to its instrument (85e-86a). Simmias suggests that a harmony is to a soul as a lyre is to the body. He reasons that, if we accept Socrates’ line of argument, the harmony must not only preexist the lyre but also live on after it is destroyed. I find this reasoning to have one…

All have different views and opinions on the universe and the study of the cosmos. Some eagerly learn all they can about the universe, whilst others prefer to focus on the events right in front of them. The pros and cons to having a wide understanding and perspective of the universe vary depending on prior knowledge and opinions. While some would rather halt space exploration entirely, many still hunger and yearn to learn more about the universe around them. The human race needs to gain more…

"The Yellow Wallpaper," best fits the literary style of naturalism. Naturalism is a philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes. Characters are controlled by internal or external forces or by the environment. In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the main character is being controlled by her husband, who believes that he is right in keeping her confined for her treatment of depression. She is also being controlled by her mental state, as it is…

In Protagoras, the main point of the argument is virtue, what is virtue, can it be taught or not, and how can it be used to measure what is good and what is bad. Socrates’ standpoint is that wisdom, temperance, courage, justice and piety, are all one of the same thing but Protagoras on the other believes that each of these are unique and have their own specific functions. Socrates gives the analogy of being like parts of a face, dissimilar to the whole of which they are parts and to each other,…

“What is worse, to live without a leg or to live with an obsession that controls your life?” Elliots book chapter “Amputees By Choice” describes what it's like to live the life of an apotemnophilia (someone with the attraction to the idea of being an amputee) or an acrotomophilia(a sexual attraction to amputees). Elliot discusses how the concept is “an ambivalent moral ideal-a struggle between the impulse toward self-improvement and the impulse to be true to oneself”(pg3). Apotemnophiliac’s are…

Socrates: Let me pose a situation to you, Pentheus; imagine there are people in a cave. These people have been there since childhood, with their bodies shackled so that they can only see that which is right in front of them. They are unable to turn their heads, and know no world except that which is in front of them. Pentheus: I can imagine this, of course. Socrates: Now imagine that there is a fire roaring behind them, and that this fire casts a light onto the wall of the cave in front of them.…

Summary of Lavoisier’s Memoir on Combustion in General Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was an 18th century French chemist who worked as a member of the the French Academy of Sciences. In the excerpts of Lavoisier’s Memoir on Combustion in General, he introduces to the other members of the Academy his idea of oxygen and its role in how combustion and calcination occurs. He also explains why the original theory of phlogiston, proposed by Georg Ernst Stahl, is not adequate to explain the two phenomenas.…