Realism

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Realism
Classical Traditional
Aristotle
Religious
St. Thomas Aquinas
Modern
Francis Bacon John Locke
Contemporary
Bertrand Russell Alfred North Whitehead
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Realism

• Concern for fact or reality and rejection of the
  
• impractical and visionary

• A doctrine that universals exist outside the
• mind specifically the concept that an
  abstract
• term names an independent and unitary
  reality.

• The concept that objects sense perception or
• cognition exist independently of the mind

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Aristotle
Alexander The Great
Lyceum
Stagira 384 B.C. 322 B.C.
4 Causes
Art Drama
Plato
Writer
Syllogism
Happiness
The Golden Mean
All men naturally desire knowledge.
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St Thomas Aquinas
1225 - 1274
Dominican
Summa Theogiae
Aristotle
Roccasecca, Italy
Studia Generale
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy of Thomism
The soul is known by its acts
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Francis Bacon
1561 - 1626
4 Idols
Novum Organum
Scientific Method
Aristotle
Cambridge
Misconceptions
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. Knowledge
itself is power.

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John Locke
Idea
1632 - 1704
Doctor
Experiences
tabula rasa
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but
full description of a happy state in this world.

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Bertrand Russell
Alfred North Whitehead
1872 - 1970
1861 - 1947
Mathematics
Logic
Occasions
Principia Mathematica
Many people would sooner die than think. In fact
they do.
The defense of morals is the battle-cry which
best rallies stupidity against change.
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Realism in Education
Varied learning styles
Hierarchy
Science
Text-Based Learning
Systematic
Mathematics
Structure and Discipline
Methods of Measurement