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 […]
Two more virtues: independence and courage Read More »
Professor Hicks summarizes the case for reason in education. This is from Part 3 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Two more virtues: independence and courage. Next: Phase One: Copernicus, Bruno, and Galileo. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Stephen Hicks draws the implications for education of a commitment to the full development of a child’s reason. This is from his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: The “Juliet is the sun” metaphor. Next: Asch’s conformity experiments. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Education’s epistemological mission Read More »
This is Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses competing metaphysics’s role in education. 1 clip: Previous: The argument from evil. Next: [Part 3: Epistemology] Introduction: What epistemology is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Metaphysics and method Read More »
This is Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces metaphysics, its competing theories, and their role in education. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 1: Introduction to the Course] Motivation for the course. Next: The Big Bang Story. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Introducing metaphysics: our hybrid civilization Read More »
This is from Part 1 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Here he discusses the practical implications of philosophical theory for education. 1 clip: Previous: What philosophy is Next: Motivation for the course Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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In this section from Part 1 of his Philosophy of Education course, Professor Hicks discusses the importance of philosophy for education professionals. 1 clip: Previous: The relevance of philosophy to education. Next: [Part 2: Metaphysics] Introducing metaphysics: our hybrid civilization. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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This is from Part 1 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. In this section, Professor Hicks raises the many philosophical questions that education poses. Clips 1-8: Previous: What education is. Next: What philosophy is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Some philosophical questions about education Read More »