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1 Process Philosophy and Education Kaylee Clark Liberty University GOVT200 B19 Professor Michael Bobic February 5, 2024
2 Process Philosophy and Education In a world of information overload, we constantly learn facts have changed about subjects we thought we had mastered, and we find ourselves farther away from the truth. American education curriculums are different from year to year and state to state. How did we get here? What has shaped this shift in standards? This paper will address how Process Philosophy has had a progressive change in American Education and the struggle it has presented to the Christian worldview.  Process Philosophy  is defined in our reading this week as the product of the failure of Romanticism – Transcendentalism, which brought on a theological shift. This change was due to a lack of faith, which led to the question of whether the idea of God was the ultimate problem. People began to have an all-or-nothing mindset, and with this came a movement that has lasted the last half a century; many followers shifted from a biblical perspective to focusing on change vs unchanged. In 1843, German philosopher Ledwig Feuerbach wrote The Essence of Christianity. This book became famous as it answered the question so many were searching for and instilled the belief that God and religion are merely the outward projection of man's inward nature. (Martin, 2006). This way of thinking attacked religion and proclaimed that God was an Illusion; this led the way and influenced Marx and Engles. Process Philosophy was redefined in 1859- 1952 by John Dewey, who has had a lasting impact on progressive educators and was also influenced by Feuerbach's work. The few keys to presuppositions of Process Philosophy are relativism, environmentalism, and progressivism. (ibid.). Relativism in education has taught our country that there can be more than one truth and that nothing is absolute; though this seems like a positive outlook, it has had adverse effects on our society, mainly on school-aged children. Relativism teaches that moral facts do not matter, and when people have opposing viewpoints, they should all be equally valid. This has given way to children being taught about transgenderism along with other questionable subjects in the school setting that do not belong. This goes against a Christian worldview and the social norm of protecting children's innocence. Richardson from the Washington Examiner said, "These concepts can be detrimental to the upbringing of our youth. Younger individuals absorb information at face value" (Richardson, 2024). In other words, we become a product of our environment. 
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