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. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Big Bang story. Next: Comparing the two stories. 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. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Creation story. Next: The argument from design. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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This is from Part 1 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Here he discusses the practical implications of philosophical theory for education. 1 clip: Previous: What philosophy is Next: Motivation for the course Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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In this section from Part 1 of his Philosophy of Education course, Professor Hicks discusses the importance of philosophy for education professionals. 1 clip: Previous: The relevance of philosophy to education. Next: [Part 2: Metaphysics] Introducing metaphysics: our hybrid civilization. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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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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This fifteen-part video course covers philosophical issues that bear directly upon education. Professor Hicks discuss the philosophers — Plato, Locke, Kant, Dewey, and others — who have influenced education greatly, and he compares systems of educational philosophy and their implications for education in practice. This course presupposes no formal knowledge of philosophy or education. Jump
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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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