For the past six weeks, I learned how philosophy has influenced the world globally. Learning how not only philosophy, but when human beings voice their thoughts with others, they receive a chance to change the world, even if one person speaks one on one, one person can change the world of one person. My belief in the power of language is strengthened by philosophy. This philosophy course has encouraged me to share my opinions that are not influenced by other peers or older adults, but to deeply reflect
Throughout the course, the various readings regarding the philosophy discipline have surely affected my own belief system. Preceding the course, I had not considered many of the issued discussed. Some details, like Bentham’s theory, provided me with a completely new outlook. Others such as views of God and eternal life affirmed conclusions I had already made. Of the philosophical belief systems regarding decision making, I found my ideals to align very closely to that of Jeremy Bentham’s. I find
The word philosophy is of a Greek in origin, it stems from the word phílosophía, meaning ‘the love of wisdom.’ In the simplest form philosophy is the study of knowledge. The phrase ‘philosophy of education’ on the other hand, according to Chandra and Sharma (2004) is a synthesis of educational facts with educational values. He maintains, it is a philosophical process of solving educational problems through philosophical method, from philosophical attitude to arrive at philosophical conclusion and
Often when the term philosophy comes to play, people’s minds tend to reminisce of the greats, the founding fathers. Aristotle, Socrates, Julius Caesar. While I personally have read multiple philosophical writings in my life, I did not realize how prevalent it was in my daily life. Utilitarianism, a term I learned over the course over the semester proved to reflect who I am as a person. Utilitarianism, acting upon a choice that is agreed to bring the utmost “good”. We as humans are not one dimensional
and attitudes on students through the school environment. They believe that teachers should empower themselves, because they can transform schools into democratic public spheres. Reflection: After reviewing these teaching philosophies and educational theories, many of them reflect my own personal educational philosophy and my instructional practices and choice of classroom curriculum. The four that I found the most appealing are: Realism, Pragmatism, existentialism and progressivism. I find the combination
For the past six weeks, I learned how philosophy has influenced the world globally. Learning that when human beings voice their thoughts with others, they receive a chance to change the world, especially if one person speaks one on one, one personage can change the world of one body. My belief in the power of language is strengthened by philosophy. This philosophy course has encouraged me to share my opinions that are not influenced by other peers or older adults, but to deeply reflect and research
Philosophy can be described as a chance for person to undertake an opportunity to understand themselves, our world and society, and relations between ourselves and one another. Those who are able to study philosophy, can find out what is to be human, what kind of person is it good to be, and especially how are we to live a good life. I, myself, have had an opportunity to take a philosophy class and as my time in philosophy is starting to come to a close, I am suddenly realizing how Philosophy has
This essay is reflection about my understanding from what I have learned during this class about what philosophy is. Philosophy is a broad topic and can be hard to understand. What we learn is class about philosophy defiantly makes me think and makes my brain turn all the time, but so far, my understanding is that philosophy is the study of knowledge. It breaks down what everything is. Examples used in class are chariness, deskness, and the main one sued in class “cupness”. According to Aristotle
In philosophy, the term ethics is considered a part of Axiology that is concerned with developing a theory of value, and searches for what constitutes a good or moral action. Also, it addresses the questions of “What is a good life?” and “How to live a moral life?” Additionally, the study of ethics is concerned with how do we view things, in other words, what may be ethical for me could be unethical for others. In this paper, I will be reflecting on how Nietzsche challenged my views of what constitutes
The intertwining of philosophy and engineering can further serve the objective of streamlining and updating our system of education and, to advance an appreciation of the nature and character of engineering knowledge. There is importance in developing an improved understanding