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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






2. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






3. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






4. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






5. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






6. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






7. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






8. Encourages individual choice






9. Philosophy is both...?






10. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






11. Two categories of axiology






12. What is a 'DWEM'?






13. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






14. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






15. 'What is valuable?'






16. Experimentalist students are to be both:






17. 1600s; get to truth through science






18. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






19. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






20. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






21. What was created to protect academic freedom?






22. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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23. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






24. 3 traditional philosophies of education






25. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






26. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






27. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






28. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






29. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






30. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






31. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






32. The 'love of wisdom'






33. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






34. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






35. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






36. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






37. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






38. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






39. What Greeks mostly focused on






40. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






41. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






42. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






43. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






44. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






45. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






46. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






47. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






48. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






49. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






50. World is permeated by divine essence