WESTERN SCHOOL OF
PHILOSOPHY: REALISM
BY: LAILA I.TAGBO
REALISM
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
“
“
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
ROSS
“ The doctrine of realism asserts that there is a real
world of things behind and corresponding to the objects of our
perception”
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
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
The aims of the sense realists were:
To apply inductive method in the field of education with a
view to organize and simplify the instructional process.
To replace the instruction in Latin by instruction in
vernacular and to substitute new scientific and social
studies in language and literature.
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