David Hume is the most influential dead philosopher, according to a recent vote by contemporary philosophers. William Kline of the University of Illinois, Springfield, is an expert on Hume, and he gave a talk recently at Rockford College on Hume’s ethical theory. Here is my follow-up interview with him: Dr. Kline also spoke at Rockford […]
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This is from Part 1 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. In this section, Professor Hicks raises the many philosophical questions that education poses. Clips 1-8: Previous: What education is. Next: What philosophy is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Professor Hicks defines philosophy as a discipline. This is from Part 1 of his Philosophy of Education course 3 clips: Previous: Some philosophical questions about education. Next: The relevance of philosophy to education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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This is Part 1 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces the course by discussing education, philosophy, and the relationship between the two. Next section: What education is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Professor Hicks defines education in these sections from Part 1 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: “Philosophy” of “Education”. Next: Some philosophical questions about education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
Two narratives govern our recent thinking, debating, and blame-gaming about the economy. Narrative 1: The economy is in a mess. We once had a relatively free market. Then the government increasingly regulated it. The resulting mixture led to major problems. Consequently, the solution is to get rid of the government regulations and return to a
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At the APEE conference next month in Las Vegas, I will be presenting “The Evolution of the Mixed Economy – A Schematic Approach.” My talk integrates themes from several major thinkers from whom I have learned a great deal: Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Gordon Tullock.
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[This is Section 40 of Nietzsche and the Nazis.] Part 8. Conclusion: Nazi and Anti-Nazi Philosophies 40. Hindsight and future resolve We know from historical hindsight that it took a world war to defeat the Nazis. Tens of millions of human beings died in that war. Actual human beings who lived, loved, cried, had dreams—and
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