Stephen Hicks

Contra the good-news-sunny-skies approach to life

Stephen Hicks discusses Existentialism’s less-than-optimistic view of life and its implications for education. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Individualism? Next: [Part 12: Objectivism] Objectivist Philosophy Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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General themes: choice, commitment, responsibility

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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Religion and science as dehumanizing

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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