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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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.
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This is Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments. Clips 1-2: Previous: Education’s epistemological mission. Next: Milgram’s obedience experiments. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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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.
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