FOUR PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION THEIR PRACTICE IN EDUCATION AND RELIGION 1. Metaphysic . Theories of the nature of reality A. cosmology. Theories of the nature of reality. A. causality. The nature of cause and effect relations. B. The nature of time C. The nature of space 2. Two distinctive views in cosmology are A. Evolutionism. The universe evolved of itself B. Creationism. The universe came to be as the result of the working of a creative cause or personality B. The nature of man as one important aspect of reality. 1. the problem of the essential nature of the self. There are no particular terms but there are divergent answers which can be identified with general viewpoints. a. the self is a soul, a spiritual being. A principles of idealism and spiritual realism. b...