Immanuel Kant‘s famous line from his Critique of Pure Reason is discussed as representative of the change of strategy among religion-friendly thinkers after the widely-perceived failure of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Two: The rise of natural theology. Next: Kierkegaard, Luther, and […]
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Stephen Hicks here discusses quotations on religious faith from Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther, and Tertullian. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Three: “I found it necessary to deny reason …” Next: The story of Abraham. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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Here Stephen Hicks discusses the early modern conflict between science and religion over cosmology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces epistemology, its competing theories, and their role in education. Clips 1-3: Previous: The value of reason. Next: Phase Two: The rise of natural theology. Return
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After the Galileo affair, many religious thinkers switched from a strategy of suppression to an embrace of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase One: Copernicus, Bruno, and Galileo. Next: Phase Three: “I found it necessary to deny reason …” Return to the Philosophy
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From Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Here he presents one of the classic arguments for the existence of God and the consequent counter arguments over its strength. Clips 1-8: Previous: Comparing the two stories. Next: The argument from evil. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
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From Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Here he presents one of the classic arguments against the existence of God and the consequent counter arguments over its strength. Clips 1-7: Previous: The argument from design. Next: Metaphysics and method. 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 introduces metaphysics, its competing theories, and their role in education. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 1: Introduction to the Course] Motivation for the course. Next: The Big Bang Story. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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[This is Section 30 of Nietzsche and the Nazis.] 30. On anti-Semitism: valid or disgusting? The most repulsive sign of Germany’s decline, Nietzsche writes—and this may be initially surprising—is its hatred of the Jews, its virulent and almost-irrational anti-Semitism. Nietzsche, we know, has said some harsh things about the Jews—but again, that is a set
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