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Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

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Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Philosopher

  • Art
    • Art images
      • Art Images — Classical Greek
      • Art images — Dutch Golden Age
      • Art images — Egyptian
      • Art Images — Medieval
      • Art Images — Modern and Postmodern
      • Art Images — Nineteenth-century France
      • Art Images — Renaissance Italy
    • Michael Newberry | Thoughts on Key Works of Art in History
  • Business Ethics
    • *Kaizen* interviews on entrepreneurship and ethics
    • Business Ethics Cases
    • CEE video interviews
    • Entrepreneurship and Values
    • Profiles in Liberty
    • The Financial Crisis
  • Education
    • Montessori Education
    • Philosophy of Education
    • Philosophy of Education course
    • Socratic Seminars
  • Español
  • Explaining Postmodernism
  • Great Books — My Recommended Reading List
  • Humor
    • From the Office of the Reproducer-General
  • Intellectual History
    • Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand
    • Objectivism
    • Postmodernism
  • Nietzsche and the Nazis
  • Open College Podcast and other audio
    • Open College with Stephen Hicks
  • Português
  • Religion
    • Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe?
  • Courses
    • Business and Economic Ethics — Course Topics and Materials
    • Ethics — Course Topics
    • Introduction to Philosophy
    • Postmodern Philosophy course syllabus [Peterson Academy]
    • Sports Ethics
    • Texts in Philosophy
  • Biography
  • Quotations

Cognitive tabula rasa

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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s concept of cognitive tabula rasa. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Empiricism Next: Francis Bacon’s “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Empiricism

Leave a Comment / Epistemology, Metaphysics, Objectivism, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s empiricism. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Objectivity Next: Cognitive tabula rasa Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Consciousness as relational

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Stephen Hicks discusses the Objectivism’s view of consciousness as relational. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: “The Primacy of Existence”. Next: Objectivity. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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“The Primacy of Existence”

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Stephen Hicks discusses Objectivism’s principle of the Primacy of Existence. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Rational self-interest. Next: Consciousness as relational. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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The Romantic sense of life

Leave a Comment / Ethics, Objectivism, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand on the Romantic sense of life. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Introduction: Rand’s entrepreneurial philosophy. Next: Liberal politics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Introduction: Rand’s entrepreneurial philosophy

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Stephen Hicks discusses the entrepreneurial nature of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Part 11: Existentialism. Next: The Romantic sense of life. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Assessment

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Stephen Hicks discusses the Existentialist view of assessment in education. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Curriculum. Next: Individualism? Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Individualism?

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Stephen Hicks discusses the debate over whether Existentialism is individualist. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Assessment. Next: Contra the good-news-sunny-skies approach to life. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Sample Publications

Blasts from the past

  • The END of LAISSEZ-FAIRE or the ROAD to SERFDOM? John Maynard KEYNES & Friedrich HAYEK. Lecture 8 of *Philosophy of Politics: From the French Revolution to World War II*
  • ARCLA seminar on Nietzsche versus Rand
  • Monet | “Water Lilies” (Clouds) (1902) [Newberry on Great Art series]
  • Michael Rectenwald (NYU) discussion
  • On Education | Immanuel Kant | Philosophers, Explained by Professor Stephen Hicks

Sample Publications

Blasts from the past

  • Car Thief vs. Philosophy Professor
  • What is the correct amount of US government ownership of the economy?
  • Galt’s Gulch, San Diego, next week
  • Entrepreneurship and Ethics — new publication
  • Max Planck on individual originality in science

My Publications

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Resources

  • Books via Amazon
  • Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship
  • Open College Podcast

Social media

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Social media

  • Facebook
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Resources

  • Books via Amazon
  • Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship
  • Open College Podcast

Contact

Stephen.R.C.Hicks@Gmail.com

Contact

Stephen.R.C.Hicks@Gmail.com

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Sample Publications