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An 8 page paper that begins by defining pragmatism, metaphysics, axiology, epistemology and logic. The writer then explains and discusses the pragmatist philosophy as it applies to schools and education, using Dewey as a primary source. Some of the topics discussed include the nature and purpose of education, teacher's role, the connection between school and society, the curriculum and much more. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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of an idea or proposition lies in its observable practical consequences and existence as a category is not valid in the ultimate sense because everything is always in a state
of change or flux (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). This is a practical way to approach or assess situations or solving problems (Ozmon and Craver, 1998; Cornwell, 1995). Metaphysics offers
theories of the nature of reality and includes a number of subdivisions, such as the nature of man, cosmology, constancy in reality, and ontology (Ozmon and Craver, 1998; Cornwell, 1995).
Relativism is a component in metaphysics that would be in line with pragmatism because it is founded on the premise that reality is always changing into something else (Ozmon and
Craver, 1998). Epistemology incorporates theories of or the study of the nature and grounds for knowledge with reference to its limits and validity (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). A posteriori knowledge
supports the pragmatic premise of knowledge because it is based on experience and observation (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). Logic is the science of exact thought, it is the systematic treatment
of the relation of ideas and it is a method to distinguish between valid and fallacious thought (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). Scientific reasoning or experimental reasoning is a branch
of logic that follows along Deweys pragmatic combination of deduction and induction (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). Axiology is a general theory of value, the nature or study of values, different
kinds of values and so on (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). For example, ethics looks at and attempts to determine the nature of good and evil while Aesthetics considers the
nature of the values which are found in the affective aspects of experience (Ozmon and Craver, 1998). The nature of education is one of bureaucracy. That is the reality. The
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