1. THE SIGNIFICANCE, NATURE AND ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY OF

EDUCATION

Philosophy in Relation to Education

PHILOSOPHYIs defined as the science of all things studied from the viewpoint of their ultimate causes, reasons, or principles by the light of human reason alone.

Is also seen as a reflective technique applied to lived experience.

It a science which verifies all things in one weltanschauung (world-view)

All men, by nature, desire to know

There is in man a

philosophical drive to want to know and explanation of all that he has.

*HE REFLECTS ON UPON HIS EXPERIENCE AND ASKS QUESTIONS OF HIMSELF.

*HE ASKS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE MEANING THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

*THE METHOD IS REFLECTION

Man as a “thinking man”

Science is in the pursuit of truth

Philosophy is in the pursuit of meaning.

NEW AGE

Thus, there is an inevitable knowledge explosion which carries with it the power of development and the power of destruction.

Mans knowledge is, therefore, ambivalent.

Ambivalent – unsure: having mixed, uncertain, or conflicting feelings about

something.

TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC AGE

automation

computer

cybernetics

This phenom

enon places

tremendous

power in the

hands of MAN.

Modern man is called SECULAR MAN.Man’s reputation as a sacred being

created afterGod’s image and likeness has been

challenged And reduced because of the event of the Scientific revolution. He is supposed to

be a steward of the creation but has fallen short of his stewardship.

So, man needs……….

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Is Philosophy a valid science?

Does Philosophy possess a method all

its own?What does Philosophy

have to tell about man?

“The empirical and positivist assumed simply that there is NO KNOWABLE REALITY beyond what we can see, hear, measure, test, etc.” – Bacon and Hume

rejectionPhilosophical method -reflective and

abstract and aims at an understanding of nature and purpose = METAPHYSICAL (lying beyond what we see, hear)

OBJECTIONS

Imperical Science (Bacon & Hume)

Imperical Science (Bacon & Hume)

Metaphysical - Philosophers

Have brought about the progress which has allowed man to master the physical world around him.

Beyond the physical

Philosophical questions concern the nature of things, purpose, meaning, values, causes and so on.

Any progress wrought by philosophy seems insignificant because of scientific feats like man’s landing on the moon, etc.

Answers are not found in the realm of tangible or empirical.

Dismiss philosophy as a pseudo-science, mere juggling of ideas, a non-significant mental exercise.

Philosophical questions cannot be answered with empirical facts and tangible evidence, there will always be room for further questions.

__________________________________=PHILOSOPHY destined to the plagued by differences of opinion,

There are as many philosophies as there are philosophers.

Example…………………

WHAT IS MAN?

biologist Man is a gregarious mammalian biped.

Sociologist The patterns of behavior he exhibits in societal living.

Philosophical Man can talk and dogs cannot. Man possesses a superior or higher nature than dogs.

A. Experience

Q: What is the source of all philosophical questions?

The Philosophical method is the observation of common experiences.

Certain simple facts are considered such as:>existence>change>motion>multitude, etc.

The Philosophical Method is, therefore the study of common experience in order to come to some understanding of that experiences.

Man as Defined by Philosophy

MAN> End of God’s creation and King of all creations. - Philosophy and Theology>contra factum non valet argumentum (Against facts there is no argument)

- Science>was always believed to be a special reserved of philosophy

>Man has lost the mysterious sacredness that he possessed since time immemorial.

Man is no longer that special creature among creatures because he has been explained away by science.

Man can be predicted.

Guidance of Philosophy

Philosophy judges reality from the viewpoint of the total context.

Philosophy is necessary in order to humanize the sciences, to regulate the sciences in view of man’s growth and development.

“Science can produce an atomic bomb but science cannot say when or what condition it may be used.”

-Sec. of Educ. Alejandro Roces

Man according to Socrates>rational being>knowing being>man is aware of himself>man is free

FREEDOM establishes man’s dignity. Without it, man ceases to exist as man. With it, he is a “Little less than God”

Man is free to love.

In loving, that man finds happiness. All philosophers agree that man is made to be happy, says Aristotle, but they disagree on what happiness consists of.

Love leads to the perfection of man because it unites man with others. In a spirit of OPENNESS and SELF-GIVING, the “I” and the “you” commune and become one.

GOD

Philosophy, in its analysis of love, already lays the foundation for the existence of God.

Philosophy in Relation to Education

Education has to do with influencing man to become what he ought to be. We must understand man as he is today.

Man is what he is because of what he was and because of his relationships with other people and with his changing environment.

The wisdom of the intellect makes a sage; the wisdom of the will makes a saint.

Aristotle has said that the virtuous man is a happy man and that happiness is the ultimate goal of man.

Plato has declared: “The best man makes the best citizen”

Wisdom is the comprehensive view of reality which in integrates all kinds of understanding.

Understanding is more specific. It can refer to mathematical, historical, scientific, linguistic or technological understanding.

Philosophy of education and the Science of Education must go in hand. Philosophy of Education without the science of education is empty: on the other hand, science of education without philosophy of education is blind. There is no sense of direction, there is no compass, no guiding star.

A Philosophy of education provides the guiding principles received from general philosophy. The science of education gathers from the data of experimental psychology of the details which go together to form the mosaic of concrete reality.

Together, they form a complete picture of the ends and means of education. Divorced from one another, they will inevitably end in sweeping contradictions of each other. Separating them will do violence to their nature.

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