Stephen Hicks discusses Howard Roark, from Rand’s The Fountainhead, as an example of the purpose of education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: The purpose of education. Next: Critique of mainstream education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand on the purpose of education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Optimism: philosophy and history. Next: Howard Roark’s expulsion as example. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand’s optimism about human potential. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Egoism versus the false alternative of altruism or predation. Next: The purpose of education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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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.
Stephen Hicks discusses the Objectivism’s view of consciousness as relational. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: “The Primacy of Existence”. Next: Objectivity. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Objectivism’s principle of the Primacy of Existence. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Rational self-interest. Next: Consciousness as relational. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses Ayn Rand on the Romantic sense of life. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Introduction: Rand’s entrepreneurial philosophy. Next: Liberal politics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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