scholastics
Relating to learning
Scholastics refers to medieval philosophers and theologians who developed systematic methods of learning, particularly in European universities from the 11th to 15th centuries.
The term often carries connotations of rigid, overly formal reasoning: scholastic debates about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
In modern use, scholastics can mean academic pursuits generally, though this sense is less common.
Reasoning through contradiction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
disputation · summa · commentaries · realism · nominalism · universals · logic · teleology
Art of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- instructionGuidance for action
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
academia · seminars · lectures · examinations · grades · literacy · proficiency · tutoring
dialectics
Reasoning through contradiction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
epistemology · disputation · summa · commentaries · realism · nominalism · universals · logic · teleology · doctrine
pedagogy
Art of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- instructionGuidance for action
- teachingProfession of instructing others
learning · academia · seminars · lectures · examinations · grades · literacy · proficiency · tutoring · textbooks
- Christian ScholarsAugustine, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Jerome, Athanasius
- Medieval Scholarsschoolman, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, theologian
- medieval clergypriest, monk, nun, bishop, abbot
scholasticsvocational training
Job-skill education
apprenticeship · applied learning · technical training · practical arts · practical education
scholasticsempiricism
Knowledge through observation
experimentalism · scientific method · positivism · pragmatism · rationalism
scholasticspracticality
Quality of being useful
worldliness · utilitarianism · applied sciences · anti-intellectualism · common sense