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    Idealism Idealism believes in refined wisdom. It is based on the view that reality is a world within a person’s mind. It believes that truth is in the consistency of ideas and that goodness is an ideal state to strive to attain. As a result‚ schools exist to sharpen the mind and intellectual processes. Students are taught the wisdom of past heroes. Realism Realism believes in the world as it is. It is based on the view that reality is what we observe. It believes that truth is what we

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    he has created. idealism recognizes ideas‚ feelings and ideals more important than material objects and at the same time emphasizes that the human development should be according to moral‚ ethical and spiritual values so that he acquires the knowledge DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES A philosophical belief and outlook that material things do not exist independently in the physical world but only in mind. PLATONIC IDEALISM (427-347 B. C.) A father of Idealism A Greek philosopher

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    time when morals were corrupted‚ religion was absent‚ facades were mistaken for character‚ and hope was a double-edged sword; people call it “The Jazz Age”. Fitzgerald‚ one of the best-known writers of “The Jazz Age”‚ aims to clarify the fallacy of idealism in America as he opposes the idealist views of the time with a realistic perception of society. At the time‚ people viewed America as a symbol of opportunity‚ and hope for a better life; however‚ Fitzgerald filters this notion by proposing the tragic

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    discrimination‚ etc. Basically Blacks who consider themselves liberal structualists place blame on “Uncle Sam”/the government for all of their socioeconomic issues. They promote affirmative action programs‚ welfare reform‚ politicians who favor their idealisms etc.‚ since cutbacks to the poor/minorities is usually very high. Most believe they are entitled to reparations from Slavery /Jim Crow – “40 acres and a mule”. In most instances‚ “Structural Liberalists” view themselves as “the victim”. Structuralists

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    Chapter 4. Idealism‚ Solipsism‚ and Panpsychism Here’s something that might sound crazy‚ but is nonetheless taken seriously by many philosophers: Not only do humans and other animals have minds‚ but even plants and bacteria have minds. Further‚ even so-called inanimate objects like grains of sand‚ droplets of water‚ and even individual atoms each have their own minds. Maybe the mind of a grain of sand is simpler than the mind of a human being‚ but it is a mind nonetheless. Everything has its

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    this essay‚ I will demonstrate that the social and political environment at that time in history as well as the author’s personal life and conditions had a tremendous impact on the concept and completion of the novel. Orwell’s personal beliefs and idealism critically influenced his writing. In the late 1920’s‚ Orwell believed in anarchism and in 1936‚ he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans against Franco’s Nationalists. The Spanish Civil War played an important role in influencing Orwell’s

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    Chapter 5 – Cogito‚ Realisms‚ and Idealisms We next part of the chapter the book discusses is Cogito‚ “I think‚ therefor I am” means that the act of thinking presupposes the existence of the subject - the thinker. This is important because it requires no other predicates. The mere act of questioning means that there is a questioner. The reading material then moves to the criticisms of cogito. The most universally accepted opinion is that the conclusion is extremely limited. Descartes was incapable

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    has been through two World Wars‚ and many more regional conflicts and has seen how truly wrong things can go in the hunt for power. This in addition to the formation of the United Nations‚ NATO‚ and many other international organizations has made Idealism a more tenable candidate than Realism in providing a framework to explain International Relations. Realists believe that states are power-hungry and self-interested‚ and that these characteristics are derived from human nature. There is no room

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    An approach‚ in simple terms‚ may be defined as a way of looking at and then explaining a particular phenomenon. The perspective may be broad enough to cover a vast area like world as a whole in the study of politics‚ or it may be very small embracing just an aspect of local‚ regional‚ national or international politics. In brief‚ an approach ‘consists of criteria of selection-criteria employed in selecting the problems or question to consider and in selecting the data to bring to bear; it consists

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    “I am an idealist. I don´t know where I am going but I´m on the way” – Carl Sandburg 1878 – 1967. The truth‚ one of Christopher McCandless´s values in life. The film Into the Wild is just one of many films and literature often address to the value “the truth”. Walden by Henry David Thoreau is also about finding the truth‚ “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life.”‚ “Walden” (Thoreau‚ 1854). Values are stable‚ long lasting beliefs about

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