THE TWO GENERAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF

PHILOSOPHY-" ISM "

A. WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
1.CLASSICAL/TRADIRIONAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS:
1.1. IDEALISM -EDUCATION MUST EXIST AS AN
INSTITUTION OF HUMAN SOCIETY CONCERNED IN
ONE'S SPIRITUALITY AND NOT BECAUSE OF NATURAL
NECESITY ALONE.
-ESUCATION DEVELOPS THE INDIVIDUAL
SPIRITUALITY, MENTALLY, AND MORALLY.
1.2. REALISM-GIVE DIRECTION TO INDIVIDUALS' BASIC
POTENTIALITIES AND TALENTS.
-DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OF ONE'S INHERITED
TENDENCIES.
-PROVIDE AN EDUCATION THAT COULD PRODUCE
INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN MEET THEIR PRINCIPAL NEEDS.
1.3. PRAGMATISM/EXPERIMENTALISM
-FOR SOCIAL EFFICIENCY.
-TRAIN STUDENTS TO CONTINUOUSLY AND ACTIVELY
QUEST FOR INFORMATION AND PRODUCTION OF NEW
IDEAS NEEDED TO ADJUST TO AN EVER-CHANGING
SOCIETY.
2. CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS
2.1. PERRENNIALISM- INTERNALIZE TRUTHS THAT ARE
UNIVERSAL AND CONSTANT.
-DEVELOP RATIONAL THINKING AND INTELLECTUAL
MIND.
-DEVELOP LEARNER INTO A RATIONAL AND INTUITIVE
BEING.
2.2. PROGRESSIVISM -PRODUCE" WHOLE MAN " WHO
WILL BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY.
-GIVE STRENGTH AND MEANING TO COMMUNITY LIFE.
2.3. ESSENTIALISM- DEVELOPS INDIVIDUALS TO
PERFORM JUSTLY , AND MAGNANIMOUSLY.
-ADJUST TO CULTURAL DEMANDS AND LIVE TOGETHER
IN PEACE.
2.4. EXISTENTIALISM -FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL
HUMANITY.
- PRODUCE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AWARE OF THEIR
FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
2.5. RECONSTRUCTIONISM-AWARENESS OF SOCIETAL
NEEDS AND PROBLEMS.
-QUEST FOR A BETTER SOCIETY.
-CONSCIOUS OF STUDENTS' ROLE IN NATION
BUILDING.
B. ORIENTAL /EASTERN PHILOSOPHIES
-JUST FOLLOW MY POST PREVIOUSLY...
C. FILIPINO PHILOSOPHIES
1.JOSE RIZAL
2.APOLINARIO MABINI
3.MANUEL L. QUEZON
4.CAMILO OSIAS
5.GEORGE BOCOBO
Prepared By: Carl C. Clark/ 01-22-16