dthmstr254
I'm a pig, a real pig.
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Please use the following format if possible.
I. Metaphysics-“What is ultimately real?”
A. Ontology- the study of existence or being.
B. Cosmology- what is ultimately real in the universe?
C. Teleology- what is the purpose of our existence
D. Questions to be considered
1. Reality vs. Appearance
2. Existence vs. Symbols
3. Product vs. Process
4. Purpose vs. Purposelessness—Purposeful change—Will of God—Sovereignty of God
5. What is not
6. What cannot be
7. What might be
II. Epistemology—“What is true?”—“How do we know truth?”
A. Questions to be considered
1. The nature of cognitive processes
2. The sources of human knowledge
3. Methods of validating ideas
4. What do we teach, out of all that is known
a. What is most authentic or accurate?
b. What is most important?
c. Who decides what shall be learned?
5. How can or will students best learn the truths we decide they should know?
B. The way in which we learn something affects how much trust we place in its value, true or false?
C. Five ways of knowing, which one do you choose mostly?
1. Scientific Method—senses, empiricism
2. Deductive reasoning—rational logic
3. Experience—feeling, intuition
4. Common sense—“everybody knows it”
5. Revelation/authority: Divine authority and human authority experts—three kinds of revelation:
a. Written
b. Personal
c. General
III. Axiology—“What is of value?
A. Ethics—the question of conduct
B. Aesthetics—the question of enjoyment and taste
IV. Anthropology—the study of man
A. The origin of man
B. The continuation of man
C. The nature of man
D. The purpose of man
E. The reconciliation (if any) of man
F. The will of man
G. The behavior of man
This is the end of the form, if you like please fill it out so we all have a point that we can look back to see what people believe in this complex branch of life.
I. Metaphysics-“What is ultimately real?”
A. Ontology- the study of existence or being.
B. Cosmology- what is ultimately real in the universe?
C. Teleology- what is the purpose of our existence
D. Questions to be considered
1. Reality vs. Appearance
2. Existence vs. Symbols
3. Product vs. Process
4. Purpose vs. Purposelessness—Purposeful change—Will of God—Sovereignty of God
5. What is not
6. What cannot be
7. What might be
II. Epistemology—“What is true?”—“How do we know truth?”
A. Questions to be considered
1. The nature of cognitive processes
2. The sources of human knowledge
3. Methods of validating ideas
4. What do we teach, out of all that is known
a. What is most authentic or accurate?
b. What is most important?
c. Who decides what shall be learned?
5. How can or will students best learn the truths we decide they should know?
B. The way in which we learn something affects how much trust we place in its value, true or false?
C. Five ways of knowing, which one do you choose mostly?
1. Scientific Method—senses, empiricism
2. Deductive reasoning—rational logic
3. Experience—feeling, intuition
4. Common sense—“everybody knows it”
5. Revelation/authority: Divine authority and human authority experts—three kinds of revelation:
a. Written
b. Personal
c. General
III. Axiology—“What is of value?
A. Ethics—the question of conduct
B. Aesthetics—the question of enjoyment and taste
IV. Anthropology—the study of man
A. The origin of man
B. The continuation of man
C. The nature of man
D. The purpose of man
E. The reconciliation (if any) of man
F. The will of man
G. The behavior of man
This is the end of the form, if you like please fill it out so we all have a point that we can look back to see what people believe in this complex branch of life.