The Philosophy Branch Of Epistemology

This chapter outlines in detail how the research will be conducted, starting from the research philosophy, research design, data collection and analysis methods.

Dallas Roark said that existentialism was the most difficult of all the philosophical movements to define (Pecorino, 2000). Herein there will be an examination of the beliefs that existentialists hold as their own per my understanding.

The aim of this essay is to carry out a research on why black people are more likely to be stop and search than a white or Asian. The assignment will be using literature explore the logic behind stop and search in the country and analyze the power police have when they are undertaking stop and search. This essay will be utilising the epistemology approach to find out the true about stop and search and determine limitation of knowledge. The essay going to be looking at ethical issues that would need to take into consider when carrying out a research on stop and search the reason why you need to have ethical consideration as researcher. This paper will be inspecting practical issue that are involve when performing a stop and search research project. The paper will be using quantitative method to measure how many people are affected by stop and search and who disagree with the power of the police. The quantitative method will give an overall statistic on how many people experience stops and search in

The role of the teacher is to expose the students to the materials and subjects that are available, make them aware of their surroundings, help each one individually through the process, and help them create in an open, free, and stimulating environment. I feel that by allowing a student to have his/her own individuality without pressure, it provides the perfect opportunity to be creative and self-expressive, to let thoughts flow. There is a lot of diversity in schools just like there is a lot of diversity in the real world. I believe that Existentialism helps both teachers and students realize this.

There are two types of epistemology: Theoretical and Normative. Theoretical epistemology is the study of what evidence we truly have for whatever theories we actually hold. Normative epistemology is the study of how to adjust our theories in order most effectively to anticipate sensory stimulation. Kim argues that the field of study of epistemology should be narrative and therefore must assign conditions for justification and knowledge and must determine whether a belief is justified and whether a belief can be considered knowledge.

As we have discussed many times in class, an ethical issue is an issue that focuses on whether an action is morally right or wrong. Epistemic issues focus on how we know that certain facts are true or how we know what is possible. An example of an epistemic issue could be "how do we know that God is real?". This would be an epistemic question because it inquires about our knowledge and how we have come to that conclusion. An ethical issue could be, "how should we respond to humanitarian issues in foreign countries?". This can be considered an ethical issue because it asks what would be considered a moral decision in a certain situation.

The concepts that the educational scholars and psychologists suggested also helped me in understanding my own views on education. The fact that I have words that I can use to describe my interests as a teacher, Existentialism and Reconstructionism, makes me not only feel relieved that my ideas and thoughts on teaching can be summed up into specific words but it also makes me feel like I am not the only one that thinks that teaching should be done in a certain way to help benefit the majority of students. As Maxine Green would state it, I believe that it is important to “create significant encounters with works of art, with literature, and with life in ways that lead students to pose new questions” (Teach, 113). To know that someone like Maxine Green believes in a similar way of teaching as I do with students makes me feel so much more relieved that there is a name and a face that I can associate my teaching beliefs

The idea of existentialism is one that resonates with many of us. It is represented in books, movies, sayings, quotes, without much knowledge that it is existentialism. Kierkegaard, a philosopher in the 19th century, explains the idea of existentialism as (roughly); a person can’t “experience their own existence behind a desk.” (Gaarder) That person can only have an experience when they decide to “act and make significant choices.” (Gaarder) A person must discover the truth. Not the preconceived truths of things like the gravitational pull or the forces of nature. But, the important ones, the truths that are most meaningful to

Existential philosophy is subject to a single, seemingly debilitating criticism: it comprises a frame of mind rather than a theory. As Mary Warnock argues in her book Existentialist Ethics, "It seems that to be attracted by Existentialism is to be attracted by a mood. When it comes to serious thought, one may find . . . that it is necessary to cast off the mood and start again" (57). The focus of the existentialist is on the individual, existing being. By nature, the subject of existentialism appears incommunicable. It demands that each individual come to an understanding of the inwardness of self independently. This inwardness is not a state which can be achieved, but a process of constantly coming

Existential is my underscoring theory which is grounded in philosophy. It was inspired by numerous philosophers and writers, to cite a few Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Yalom (Corey, 2013). The goal of existential therapy is an attitude toward human suffering, asking a profound doubt about being human, and the nature of anxiety, despair, sorrow, loneliness, isolation, anomie, and creativity, and love (Yalom & Josselson, 2011).

Epistemology is the study of knowledge and how we understand and come to "know" things. Its focus has evolved over the course of time, as cultures have changed and societal perspectives have shifted. For instance, in classical times, Plato focused on the relationship between philosophy and socio-political change, using the character of Socrates in his Dialogues to promote a vision of truth and servitude. Throughout the middle ages in Europe, philosophers and theologians focused on the connection between faith and reason, with Aquinas penning the ultimate field guide to this relationship in the Summa. In modern times, faith-based knowledge has been supplanted by empiricism and skepticism, with philosophers attempting to understand how they "know" and even whether they can "know" reality/truth, which is where much of epistemology focuses today. This paper will answer several questions concerning problems faced by epistemologists today.

Am I living in an illusion? What will happen to me after I die? Is there really such thing as a God? I have struggled with these three questions throughout my entire life, and I was very intrigued to discover that all of these questions were addressed throughout the many different readings in Libs 201: Exploring the Unknown. Author Chris Frith dissects the idea that the mental world is an illusion created by the brain in his book Making Up The Mind. Antony Flew, a former atheist, argues that there is such thing as a God or an “agent” and backs up his theory using science. Emile Durkheim writes about the foundation of religious thought in primitive people thousands of years ago, and addresses the

As a philosophy, Existentialism can be quite technical. Much of the theory involves generalized abstract concepts that seem difficult to implement in real life. In practice, however, Existentialism

Kantian is regarded as one of the perfect theories ever as far as an issue of morality is concerned. The theory is based on the concept of what is morally permissible by many. This means that the theory defines whether an action is morally right or wrong by evaluating how it is permissible by many in the society. Kant, a German philosopher argued that what is accepted in the society is what makes people’s lives good and that is what is moral. The theory states that even the simple things should not be ignored as far as they are accepted by universal law which is the majority people. The theory gives people the sole right to determine whether something is morally right or wrong. In the book, clones are mere ends because they were brought to

Epistemology is a way of framing knowledge, it defines how it can be produced and augmented. Pragmatism as an epistemological approach accentuates the reasoning of theories and concepts by studying their consequences and goals, values and interests they support. There numerus isms and some of the most dominant epistemological ideologies besides pragmatism, among other, is empiricism (phenomenalism, positivism, scientism and logical positivism) where the world is seen as external (Carson et al., 1988), where research phenomenon’s and situations exists in a single objective reality not influenced by the researcher’s perspective or belief (Hudson and Ozanne, 1988).