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Behaviorist philosophy: Psychology and the progression of the sciences

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Stephen Hicks discusses behaviorist psychology in the context of the progressive development of the sciences in the modern world. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 9: Pragmatism] Pragmatic education. Next: 20th century psychology: Freud, Behaviorism, Cognitivism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the […]

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Cognition: theory and/or practice?

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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to different views of the relationship between cognition in theory and practice. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Physical education. Next: Sex education? Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main

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Integrationism

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Stephen Hicks here discusses introduces the integrationist view of the mind-body relation and contrasts it to the dualist and reductive materialist views. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Reductive materialism. Next: Mottos and graphics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main

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Mottos and graphics

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To help understand dualism, reductive materialism, and integrationism, Stephen Hicks here offers three graphics and three mottos to concretize and contrast them. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Integrationism. Next: Reasons for and against dualism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org

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Reasons for and against dualism

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Stephen Hicks here develops several arguments for and against dualism and its competitors, reductive materialism and integrationism. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: Mottos and graphics. Next: Implications for education: The “problem child.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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