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Dewey & Pragmatic Democracy [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]

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The next session of our online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”: October 12, when we will discuss John Dewey & Pragmatic Democracy. * Reading to prepare for this session: Excerpt from Democracy in Education (1916). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. Related: Professor Hicks’s online course […]

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Professor Walsh gives an “A” to a Jain monk

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Refreshing this story from Francis Kane, professor of philosophy and former colleague of Professor George Walsh at Salisbury State University, in a eulogy delivered November 21, 2001. The phone rang one Friday afternoon (I’ll never forget): “Fran, I’m going to be fired!” “George, you’re not going to be fired.” “Yes, I am! Something horrible has

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El Individualismo Liberal Aumenta la Felicidad [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 9: El individualismo liberal aumenta la

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Más Individuos Sobresalientes Florecen Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

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El Capitalismo Liberal Genera Más Filantropía [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

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Los Pobres Están Mejor Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

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Quince argumentos para el Liberalismo: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro Liberalism: Pro & Con de Stephen Hicks en español. (English edition here: Amazon.) Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 6: Los pobres

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Barbara Oakley’s Mindshift book

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For those interested in improving their thinking skills and applied cognition, I recommend Professor Oakley’s Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential. Disclosure: Prof. Oakley quotes me in the book, and I wrote on a theme inspired by Oakley’s excellent earlier book, Pathological Altruism (Oxford 2011).

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Professor Lentricchia on the use of Power in the Classroom [Pope Lecture Series]

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If the pursuit of truth is rejected on postmodern grounds, what replaces it? In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and

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