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PLEASURE BY: DABO EUCLID AMMEL

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Dabo Euclid Ammel ( M. Ed Philosophy, PDE, B. A. Philosophy) Sensual Pleasure yields negative charges; such effects are sensual, material, mutable and not permanent. True pleasure can only be gotten through self-realization, as one manipulates concepts, noise and nature towards actualizing his or her potentialities. Without negating the basic "realities” of life, true pleasure can't be found in material things. Not in a hobby, fantasies or some dogmas. True pleasure is achievable only through improving oneself via continues voyage of discovering truth (self realization). Am a pragmatist and a social reconstructionist. From my experiences so far I realize that what gives a form of pleasure that is immaterial, infallible, immutable and eternal is KNOWLEDGE. Fantasies are sensual and temporal, these are only opiates.  Developing your potentials first academically helps to build that quest for truth in you; such will help you to always realize that there are many t...

The Basic ideas in Philosophy of mind (By: Dabo Euclid Ammel)

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Introduction. The subject matter of philosophy of mind is the mind-body problem other issues are addressed, such as the hard problem of consciousness, and the nature of particular mental states.: the problem of reconciling man’s understandings of the causal structure of the physically described world, including our bodies and brains, with the apparent capacity of our conscious thoughts and efforts to cause our bodies to move in consciously intended ways. Due to a faulty understanding and application of a relevant part of contemporary science, philosophers of mind have encountered many difficulties in analyzing man, and this many call the quantum mechanics. Philosophy of mind is a vast field, so to make my task manageable I shall limit my remarks to the opinions and arguments presented in two recent books, John Searle’s Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power, and Physicalism, or Something near Enough. This naturally created causal link e...

THE PROJECT METHOD OF TEACHING (BY: DABO EUCLID AMMEL)

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    The project method is a medium of instruction which was introduced during the 18th century into the schools of architecture and engineering in Europe when graduating students had to apply the skills and knowledge they had learned in the course of their studies to problems they had to solve as practicing of their trade, for example, designing a monument, building a steam engine etc. This method was been derived from John Deweys ideas on education which emphasizes that education should not just be an attempts of preparing the child for a future that is unknown, but rather, it should be able to fit the child into the society that he or she is living in. In the early 20th Century, William Heard Kilpatrick expanded the project method into a philosophy of education. His device is child-centered and based in progressive education. Both approaches are used by teachers worldwide to this day. Unlike traditional education, proponents of the project method attempt to allow th...

All Friedrich Nietzsche's Ideas (BY: DABO EUCLID AMMEL)

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     Friedrich Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken bei Lutzen, Germany. In his brilliant but relatively brief career, he published numerous major works of philosophy, including Twilight of Idols and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In the last decade of his life he suffered from insanity; he died on August 25, 1900. .His writings on individuality and majority in contemporary civilization influenced many major thinkers and writers of the 20th century.  He is known with his concepts “God is death,” a rejection of Christianity as a meaningful force in contemporary life, “will to power” and his concept of “superman” or “overman. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHY GOD IS DEAD Nietzsche wrote philosophy in a manner intended to provoke serious thoughts than to give formal answers to questions. His notion of God is dead has been literally misunderstood. Following the political and military unrest in his time, Nietzsche sought to address the situation but...