On Friday, April 23 and Monday, April 26, philosopher Douglas Rasmussen will speak at Rockford College on Aristotle, ethics, and philosophy. Dr. Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University in New York. He received his Ph.D. from Marquette University and is the co-author of Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics, […]
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Immanuel Kant‘s famous line from his Critique of Pure Reason is discussed as representative of the change of strategy among religion-friendly thinkers after the widely-perceived failure of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Two: The rise of natural theology. Next: Kierkegaard, Luther, and
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Stephen Hicks here discusses quotations on religious faith from Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther, and Tertullian. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Three: “I found it necessary to deny reason …” Next: The story of Abraham. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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Not a perfect analogy, but a disturbing anecdote and an intriguing comparison: “Some of the savage nations in North America tie four boards round the heads of their children, and thus squeeze them, while the bones are tender and gristly, into a form that is almost perfectly square. Europeans are astonished at the absurd barbarity
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Here Stephen Hicks discusses the early modern conflict between science and religion over cosmology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces epistemology, its competing theories, and their role in education. Clips 1-3: Previous: The value of reason. Next: Phase Two: The rise of natural theology. Return
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After the Galileo affair, many religious thinkers switched from a strategy of suppression to an embrace of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase One: Copernicus, Bruno, and Galileo. Next: Phase Three: “I found it necessary to deny reason …” Return to the Philosophy
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Here Stephen Hicks discusses Stanley Milgram’s fascinating (and worrisome) experiments in obedience to higher authority. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Asch’s conformity experiments. Next: Two more virtues: independence and courage. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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In the light of Asch’s conformity experiments and Milgram’s obedience experiments, Stephen Hicks discusses their implications for educating students to think for themselves. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Milgram’s obedience experiments. Next: The value of reason. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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