Existentialism and education: Existentialism’s philosophical themes of choice, commitment, and responsibility and their implications for education. This is from Part 11 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Authentic humanism. Next: Curriculum. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Why Existentialists hold that both traditional religion and science are dehumanizing. This is from Part 11 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Jean-Paul Sartre and “Existence precedes essence.” Next: Authentic humanism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Camus’s interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus and its implications for Existentialism. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: God is dead. Next: Jean-Paul Sartre and “Existence precedes essence.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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John Allison on the financial crisis.
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Stephen Hicks introduces the philosophy of Existentialism by means of Friedrich Nietzsche’s claim that God is dead, reflection on the rise of science and the decline of religion in the modern world, and the early-twentieth-century lived experience of world war, Depression, and the Holocaust. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course.
Stephen Hicks discusses how Behaviorism applies its psychological theory to educational practice. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: 2×2 chart of techniques. Next: Overcoming the resistance to conditioning. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Behaviorism’s controversial assumption of strong environmental determinism. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Black box methodology. Next: Behaviorism as a “how” of education, not a “what.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses the Behaviorist criticism of the “standard model” in psychology. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: On correlating cause and effect: The “standard model” in psychology. Next: The behaviorist solution. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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