EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature. It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man. There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual.

Detailed explanation-2: -Naturalist’s conception of man is: (a)Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature. (b)It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man. (c)There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual. (d)Nature would have them children before they are men.

Detailed explanation-3: -naturalism, in philosophy, a theory that relates scientific method to philosophy by affirming that all beings and events in the universe (whatever their inherent character may be) are natural. Consequently, all knowledge of the universe falls within the pale of scientific investigation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Naturalism, fonned by Jean-Jacques Rousseau through natural freedom in the enlightenment period of 18’h century, is a philosophical thought which argues that the naturalone is free at the same time and there is no source of goodness other than nature. His thoughts on education form an important part of his philosophy.

Detailed explanation-5: -For naturalists, nature is the only reality, the “correct” paradigm, and there is no such thing as supernatural, i.e. anything above, beyond, or outside of nature. The scientific method is to be used to investigate all reality, including the human spirit.