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FOE Philosophies
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| Philosophy | understand who we are, where we're going |
| Confucius | 551-479 BC, first teacher, oldest philosopher, still practice beliefs today, influence many cultures and religions |
| Classic Philosophies | influence of religion, idealism, realism, neo-thomism |
| life | what is important in your own personal existence |
| education | learned thru experiences, certain principles define your view on teachers, students, and school |
| metaphysics | study of reality, existence, good and evil, right and wrong, 2 branches- ontology and cosmotology |
| ontology | to exist, of life |
| cosmotology | origin of the universe, see it but can't explain it |
| epistemology | where does knowledge come from? how universe created? |
| logic | see, prove, and discuss, 2 parts- deductive and inductive |
| deductive | big to small |
| inductive | small to big |
| axiology | study of nature of values, what is valuable, and why |
| ethics | study of human conduct, moral value |
| aestetics | value in beauty and nature |
| idealism | oldest philosophy, dates back to ancient greece, plato father, spiritual, St. Augustine & Renee Descartes, liberal arts & great books |
| realism | aristoltle father, opposite of idealism, world of tangible things, natural law, bacon & locke |
| neo-thomism | need faith and things, liberal arts, drill and skill, Thomas Aquinas father, |
| modern | pragmatism & existentialism |
| pragmatism | experimentalism, reality, truth, knowledge, Dewey, Darwin, Conter, problem solving group work, discussion, opinions |
| existentialism | math, science, objective philosophy, Soren Kierkegaard father, martin buber, jean paul sarte, gave birth to open, free, alternative schools, |