EXPLAIN THE RELEVANCE OF PHILOSOPHY AS A SET OF ATTITUDES OF EDUCATION.

EXPLAIN THE RELEVANCE OF PHILOSOPHY AS A SET OF ATTITUDES OF EDUCATION.

Philosophy refers to the fundamental study of reality and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. It is also an attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behavior. It is well for a philosopher thus sometimes to see himself in caricature, it is his business to deal with conception which enter into practical life, which are elaborated by the scientific inquirer and which guide the artist’s imagination and if he cannot gain the approbation of these specialists, he ought at least to be able to say something in explanation of their adverse opinion and in vindication of his own character.

The characteristics of a person who is philosophic minded may be listed as self- awareness, comprehensiveness, penetration and flexibility. The above listed factors are explained below;

Self-awareness.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               It entails commitment to being as honest as possible to yourself in regard to personal biases, assumptions and prejudice. One becomes aware of the effects of his personal predispositions he needs to take his information into account in both interpretation and communication. For example when we discuss whether something (an animal, a strong AL, a Boltzmann brain e.t.c) would have the kind of intelligence like a human, there are often material saying whether they would be self-aware. In short self-awareness in the lowest standard is trivially easy to obtain, in the highest standards it is not obtained by most humans. Self-awareness sounds to be that one factor under the set of attitudes that distinguishes man from other animals.  Self-awareness or the awareness is an important function for an organism because it helps increase the survival chance of that organism for instance human because it deals with the nature of assumptions for instance when we are aware we assume reality.

 Comprehensiveness                                                                                                                                                                                                          it involves an inclination collecting as much data as possible from a wide spectrum of sources rather than being satisfied with narrow sample is through comprehensives that a philosopher is able to collect as much data as possible therefore giving more satisfactory answers about questions of life. Comprehensiveness enables the philosopher to obtain data about something in full details. It also allows the philosopher to be frank with himself and work hard in order to come up with the right information by being committed to the work of research. It is also through comprehensiveness that it enables the philosopher not to be satisfied with narrow explanations but rather look forward to much wider explanations. Involves an inclination towards collecting as much relevant data as possible on a subject from a wide spectrum of sources rather than being satisfied with narrow sample hence philosophy is considered to be a set of attitudes to education.

Penetration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   It refers to that desire that leads a philosopher to go as deep as possible into the problem and find out more information about it as skills, time, and energy can allow. Penetration is important in philosophy as it helps a philosopher to have desire of does his work In this case research and come up with quality results about some topic to help answer questions. It is also through penetration that a person is able to be a philosopher in the field he is comfortable with, this is because the person does this out of his own passion and desire hence producing very prominent scholars in different field of study. One is able to do best what he desires the most because all their interest is in the work they are doing therefore it is expected that the end results would be the best simply because the person involved is doing his work with a lot of interest.

Flexibility.

Flexibility that is anti-thesis of rigidity. The attitude of flexibility is a form of sensitivity that enables one to perceive new problems in new ways. It includes a willingness to structure ideas in the face of sufficient, ability and vision viable alternatives to view points from a different perspective. Flexibility is also a personality trait that describes the extent at which a person can cope with changes. Flexibility in the da infrastructure or rather the technological world refers to the area of blog meant to deeply explore different topics and better understand its ramifications for all type of organizations.

REFERENCES

• Meta-philosophy vol. 9, NOS. 3 and 4 July/October (1978).