Stephen Hicks here develops several arguments for and against dualism and its competitors, reductive materialism and integrationism. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: Mottos and graphics. Next: Implications for education: The “problem child.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here introduces the five foundational issues of human nature. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: [Part 3: Epistemology] Choose your hero – Semmelweis or Abraham? Next: Dualism of mind and body. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here introduces the dualist account of the mind-body relation. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Five issues in human nature. Next: Reductive materialism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here introduces the reductive materialist view of the mind-body relation. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Dualism of mind and body. Next: Integrationism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Click any thumbnail image for the full size. The cover: Section 22 picture of Nietzsche: “Father Stephen” in Section 25: Friedrich Nietzsche and Adolf Hitler juxtaposed, Section 20: Section 33 table contrasting Nietzsche with the National Socialists: Stephen Hicks in the conclusion, Section 41: Seven Nietzschean themes, Section 39: Hitler Youth poster from Section 14:
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Stephen Hicks here contrasts Semmelweis and Abraham as cognitive and moral role models. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Next: [Part 4: Human Nature] Five issues in human nature. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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Stephen Hicks here discusses the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard, Luther, and Tertullian. Next: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
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Stephen Hicks here discusses Kierkegaard’s interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: The story of Abraham.Next: Educational Implications: Choose your hero–Semmelweis or Abraham?Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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