DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM

DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM
 DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM

Classical Tradition Religious Realism

~ Aristotle ~
• Matter has UNIVERSAL & PARTICULAR
~ St. Thomas Aquinas ~
properties. (pg. 41)
• Use senses to obtain knowledge
• “Acornness” or “Humanness” (pg. 41)
about the world (pg. 45)
• Design and order are present in the
universe. (pg. 42) • Principle of immanence (pg. 46)
 DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM

Modern Realism
~ Francis Bacon ~ ~ John Locke ~
• Inductive Method (pg. 48) • Tabula Rasa (pg. 50)
• All ideas are derived from experience
by way of sensation and reflection. (pg.
50)
 DEVELOPMENT OF REALISM

Contemporary Realism
~ Hilary Putnam ~ ~ John Searle ~
• Internal Realism (pg. 51) • Social Reality (pg. 52)
• Language is an essential ingredient of
social reality. (pg. 53)
 Material world
through inquiry
(pg. 54)

Essential ideas AIMS OF Science and

for survival EDUCATION the Scientific
(pg.55) Method
(pg.55)

Basic, Essential
Knowledge (pg.55)
 Method of
arriving at facts
Scientific (pg. 59)
research and Observation
development (pg. 59)
(pg. 61)

METHODS Formal ways

Performance-
of teaching
based teaching
(pg. 60)
(pg. 61)

Positive rewards
Precision and
(Locke) (pg. 60)
Order (pg. 61)
 Science, Social Practical and
Sciences, and useful (pg. 62)
Physical activity
Mathematics
(Locke) (pg. 62)
(pg. 62)

Attention to the
Highly CURRICULUM complete
organized and person (Locke)
systematics (pg. 62)
(pg. 64)
Use of Pictures
Use of objects (Comenius)
(Montessori) (pg. 63) (pg. 62)
 Teacher Student School

•Displays, •Manipulates, •Always

imparts passive coming
knowledge participation towards
(pg. 65) (pg. 66) perfection,
•Teach the orderly
essentials in change (pg.
order to 66)
survive (pg.
65)
 Resources

• Aristotle photo retrieved from https://medium.com/@perezanthony/why-

aristotle-was-right-the-power-of-balance-b743f82edc9f
• Thomas Aquinas photo retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Thomas-Aquinas
• Francis Bacon photo retrieved from
https://ronaldthomaswest.com/2015/04/05/francis-bacon/
• John Locke photo retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
• Hilary Putnam photo retrieved from
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2016/03/26/the-meaning-of-meaning
• John Searle photo retrieved from http://www.famousphilosophers.org/john-
searle/