The realism in education in western coutries has been resulted opposing to the too much emphasis on the humanitarian tendencies.
Renaissance and the revolution of religion was the direct background of this movement of thought. This movement was accel...
The realism in education in western coutries has been resulted opposing to the too much emphasis on the humanitarian tendencies.
Renaissance and the revolution of religion was the direct background of this movement of thought. This movement was accelerated by the scientific development fo 17th century.
There are two main trends in the western philosophy, that is the rationlism and the empricism. This difference of the viewpoints can be traced back to Parminidos and Herakleitos in the ancient Greece.
The main background of the realism is the empricism which can be represented by Locke, Berkley and Hume. On the other hand, the realism in the ancient Lee Dynasty of Korea was proposed opposing to the metaphysics. This school of thoughts is traced back to Yulgok and has reached to the peak in the Tasan period.
We can find some similarity of the background of the poriod between the realism of the Lee Dynasty and that of the western countries. The difference between the thought of Lee Dynasty and that of the western countries can be summarized that in the western countries this proposition took a leading position in the social movements, while in Lee Dynasty it ended just as a noble and pure idea.