When I was teaching out east some years ago, I noted a Philadelphia Inquirer piece on the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. This organization, firmly in the grip of zero-sum anti-humanist environmentalism, was calling for the elimination of human beings by unspecified means. I expect that VHEMT’s members are no longer with us, but somehow the […]
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Stephen Hicks discusses pragmatist philosopher John Dewey’s approach to education. This is from Part 9 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Pragmatic philosophy: Evolution, skepticism, and democracy.Next: Pragmatic education.Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses pragmatism as a philosophical system. This is from Part 9 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-14: Previous: [Part 8: Realism] Character, discipline, and liberty. Next: John Dewey on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks contrasts Realism’s naturalistic philosophy to Idealism’s other-worldly philosophy. In history-of-philoosophy terms, this is the contrast between Aristotelian and Platonic philosophies. This is from Part 8 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: [Part 7: Idealism] Idealist education. Next: John Locke on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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Stephen Hicks discusses John Locke’s views on education, with excerpts from Locke’s Some Thoughts concerning Education. This is from Part 8 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: Contrasting Realist to Idealist philosophy. Next: Realist curriculum: 3 R’s, foundational knowledge and methods. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org
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Stephen Hicks discusses Immanuel Kant’s emphasis upon obedience and discipline as fundamental in education. This is from Part 7 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Plato on education. Next: Idealist education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Dr. Stephen Hicks discusses Idealist philosophy as an integrated system with positions in metaphysics, epistemology, human nature, and ethics. This is from Part 7 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-7: Previous: [Part 6: Transition] Quotations on the six educational values. Next: Plato on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return
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Dr. Stephen Hicks discusses Plato’s views on education, with special focus on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic and its implications for education. This is from Part 7 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Idealist philosophy. Next: Immanuel Kant on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return
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