Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s concept of cognitive tabula rasa. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Empiricism Next: Francis Bacon’s “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s empiricism. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Objectivity Next: Cognitive tabula rasa Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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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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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This is Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces epistemology, its competing theories, and their role in education. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 2: Metaphysics] Metaphysics and method. Next: Reason–a developmental story. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Professor Hicks here discusses our faculty of reason and its development from infancy to maturity. This is from Part 3 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-4: Previous: Introduction: What epistemology is. Next: The Semmelweis case. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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From Part 3 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses Ignaz Semmelweis’s discovery of the cause of puerperal fever, with special focus on the cognitive methods Semmelweis used. Clips 1-3: Previous: Reason–a developmental story.Next: The “Juliet is the sun” metaphor.Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Professor Hicks discusses the central metaphor from a passage in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as an example of method. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Semmelweis case. Next: Education’s epistemological mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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