42 Results for Metaphysics

“Aesthetics is the name of the philosophical study of art and natural beauty” (Miller, 2004). The theory of aesthetics started controversies over its legitimate existence as a fully developed science. Alexander Baumgarten was the first who used the word “aesthetics” in 1735 to designate the ...
I do not believe the practices of our current public education reflect the aims of “Philosophy on education” from Plato to Dewey because of the Context Statement and questions Rorty ask in The Ruling History of Education. What are the directions and limits of public education in a liberal plura...