Chapter 1: Philosophy & Education

Reference:

    Webb, L. Dean. (2006). The History of American Education: A Great American Experiment. United States of America: Pearson Prentice Hall.

The three branches of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology.

• What is the nature of reality?
• What is the nature of knowledge?
• What is the nature of values?

Define Metaphysics: is the philosophy of being (the theory of reality). The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the nature of being and beings, existence, time and space, and causality. Concerned with the nature of reality and existences, as well as with the nature of the person or self. Subdivisions: Ontology and Cosmology.

Define Epistemology: is the theory of knowledge. The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, in particular its foundations, scope, and validity. Concerned with the investigation of the nature of knowledge and logic. Subdivisions: Deductive logic and Inductive logic.

Define: Axiology: is the study of values. The study of the nature, types, and governing criteria of values and value judgments. To seek/determine what is of value pertaining to evaluations, judgments and/or apply a set of norms to human conduct or beauty. Subdivisions: Ethics and Aesthetics.