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    there isn’t just one philosophical way of how students should be taught. I would incorporate a couple different philosophies and teaching mechanisms into my classroom. I also believe that the environment a child is in impacts the way they learn. Students should have a set of rules to follow, but also be able to express what they think and feel just as well. My personal philosophy is that there are numerous ways to teach children the materials they need to know. Pragmatism is one philosophical

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    The Matrix Philosophy

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    In The Matrix, the audience follows an elusive computer hacker named Neo. After finding mysterious messages on his computer, Neo starts his search for Morpheus, the one he thinks is responsible for the communication. Subsequently, Neo locates Morpheus, but when he does it is under a completely different set of circumstances. A circumstance he would've never imagined to be possible. A circumstance where he discovers that true reality completely opposes what he originally thought. The Matrix draws

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    René Descartes is a philosophy that was searching for certainty when it came to trying to understand if we are just a brain in a vat or if a society indeed exists outside of our minds. In “Meditations on First Philosophy”, Descartes is using the method of doubt to deconstruct what he was taught to believe to develop his understanding if things exist. Therefore, he is rebuilding his belief system. As individuals, sometimes we should question if things exist in this world and if we exist. For instance

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    disregard everything that he knew was real, try to doubt it and it would help him in life; “I will be happy to show in this discourse what paths I have followed and to represent my life” . In his book, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes explains that his way of thinking is the best “no better proofs can be found than mine” , this shows that Descartes was really confident in his works and his accomplishments. Descartes controlled his mind even though he knew his mind

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    Introduction A great explanation of scientific process in the book Philosophy Of Science; the Central Issues is “Russian doll model; for just as each doll contains smaller dolls inside it, so, too, each scientific theory includes the verified content of the earlier theories it has absorbed” (Curd, pg 909). In metaphysics and philosophy reductionism is claims that all sciences are reducible to physics. Contrary to what many philosophers like Ernest Nagel believe all new scientific theories are able

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    VIDEO LECTURE OF INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Hello! We welcome you to an Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. The study of man and the society is incomplete without the study of religion, for it plays a significant role in the development and sustenance human society. INTRODUCTION Boundaries of Philosophy Philosophy of religion is not limited to mere collection of facts such as religious rites, customs, activities, beliefs, sentiments, aspirations of men and of communities but

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    The Consolation of Philosophy Philosophy cannot give complete consolation, therefore, Lady Philosophy’s main aim is to restore Boethius’s relationship with God, who can provide true consolation. While philosophy provides a path for humans to contemplate how the world works, it ultimately provides Boethius consolation indirectly by pointing to Christianity. In The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius defines a human as, “A rational and mortal creature” however, Lady Philosophy implies he is missing

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    Nowadays, philosophy is seen as a simple art where people instantly question everything. People who practice this discipline are perceived as crazy and are not understood by the society. Noticing that this science sub-exist since the former time, it has to have a value as other science that we maybe we did not perceive as first sight. Fortunately, Russell, one of the people who practice this science, enlightens us on the purpose of the philosophy. By extrapolating the philosophy, the comprehension

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    Philosophy Under Hacker

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    Hacker believes that philosophy is useful in todays society no matter how useless it may seem. He proves this in numerous ways throughout his paper. As he begins his paper he talks about how scientists study all these different things but philosophers study the deepest of everything. Philosophers study metaphysics which defined as; a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology. An example that

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    intellectual thought and philosophies were more present than ever. The 1970s through the 1990s were full of people who created new ways of thinking and understanding. So new ideas that were presented are deconstruction, individualism, liberalism, post-modernism, and others. All of these “-isms” were used to help explain society and certain phenomena. While it is obvious that these ideas existed and were used at the time, it is less obvious as to the accessibility of the philosophies to everyday citizens

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