WESTERN SCHOOL OF
PHILOSOPHY: REALISM
BY: LAILA I.TAGBO
REALISM
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Topic Learning Objectives : at the end of the
lesson, you should be able to:
1.Describe
the philosophy of Realism
2.Discuss the forms of Realism
REALISM
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Things rather than words”
Our experience is not independent but
determines reaction to the external
objects. Experiences are influenced by
the external world which real existence”
REALISM
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ROSS
“ The doctrine of realism asserts that there is a real
world of things behind and corresponding to the objects of our
perception”
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Butler
“ Realism is the reinforcement of our common acceptance of
this world as it appears to us”
FORMS OF REALISM
HUMANISTIC
REALISM
SOCIAL REALISM
SENSE REALISM
HUMANISTIC REALISM
 According
to humanistic realism, only education
can bring out human welfare and success
 Erasmus, Rabelias, Milton support this view
 ‘Content’
and ‘ideas’
SOCIAL REALISM
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According to social realists Montaigue, the purpose
of education was to prepare the practical man of
the world
 Living
well ’’rather than ‘learning
 Knowledge
which is acquired through senses is of
greater value than that which comes through
books.
SENSE REALISM
 Emphasized
 That
training of senses
senses are the conveyors of knowledge
and learning takes place through the operation
of senses.
SENSE REALISM
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The aims of the sense realists were:
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To apply inductive method in the field of education with a
view to organize and simplify the instructional process.
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To replace the instruction in Latin by instruction in
vernacular and to substitute new scientific and social
studies in language and literature.