An important editorial in The Washington Times about Elena Kagan, currently Solicitor General and nominee to the Supreme Court. (Thanks to Bob M. for the link.) The article contains a classic false alternative: “Ms. Kagan’s First Amendment work repeatedly promotes the idea that speech rights are granted by government rather than inherent in the God-given […]
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Dr. Stephen Hicks discusses Idealist philosophy as an integrated system with positions in metaphysics, epistemology, human nature, and ethics. This is from Part 7 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-7: Previous: [Part 6: Transition] Quotations on the six educational values. Next: Plato on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return
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Dr. Stephen Hicks discusses Plato’s views on education, with special focus on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic and its implications for education. This is from Part 7 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Idealist philosophy. Next: Immanuel Kant on education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return
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Professor Hicks here discusses six primary educational values and the debates over their importance and priority. This is from Part 6 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Why those seven: influence on contemporary education and philosophical diversity. Next: Implications: hiring teachers, curriculum, assessment. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
How will one’s choice of primary educational values affect one’s choices when hiring teachers, deciding curriculum, and doing assessment? This is from Part 6 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Knowledge, Method, Skills, Individuality, Socialization, Morality. Next: Quotations on the six educational values. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return
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Stephen Hicks here quotes several leading intellectuals’ views about the most important goals of education. This is from Part 6 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Implications: hiring teachers, curriculum, assessment. Next: [Part 7: Idealism] Idealist Philosophy. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Professor Hicks places several of the philosophical “isms” — Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, and so on — on a four-dimensional array. This is from Part 6 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-4: Previous: Philosophy “vertically”: integrating positions into systems. Next: Why those seven: influence on contemporary education and philosophical diversity. Return to the
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Stephen Hicks here discusses the philosophical diversity and influence of the philosophical “isms” on contemporary education. This is from Part 6 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Placing our seven “isms.” Next: Knowledge, Method, Skills, Individuality, Socialization, Morality. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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My essay, “Defending Shylock: Productive Work in Financial Markets,” is now available in pamphlet form at Amazon. The essay is also available for free at the Social Science Research Network. In this essay I discuss the great value that financial markets add to an economy and the nature of the intellectual work that underlays them.
Stephen Hicks here presents the metaphorically “horizontal” structure of philosophy. This is from Part 6 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: [Part 5: Ethics] Cases: money, sports, sex, gifts, charity. Next: Philosophy “vertically”: integrating positions into systems. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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