Which school of Western Philosophy endorses the following metaphysical assertion? "Since the universe exists independent of us and is governed by laws over which we have little control, it is necessary to know certain definite things about this universe in order to adopt to it"
Realism
Realism holds that the external world exists independently of our perceptions. The assertion’s emphasis on discovering an objective world and its laws, so that we can adapt to it, most directly expresses this realist commitment.
Important Questions from Western schools of thoughts - Teaching
According to whom, communist society will be at the last stage of the history of man?
Class struggle is a characteristic of which philosophy?
I. Capitalism
II. Marxism
Below are two sets. Set - I mentions thinkers while Set - II consists of schools of thought associated with them. Match the two and choose from the code to indicate your answer.
Set - I
(Thinkers)
Set - II
(Schools of thought)
(a) A.J. Ayer (i) Linguistic analysis (b) Wittgenstein (ii) Logical Positivism (c) Bertrend Russel (iii) Neorealism (d) G.E. Moore (iv) Positive Relativism (v) Logical Empiricism (vi) Logical Atomism Which philosophical approach, developed by thinkers such as William James, interprets ideas by examining their practical consequences in experience?
Which educational philosophy was developed by Morris L. Bigge and presented in his 1971 book subtitled An Emergent Educational Philosophy?
