Ethical theories give us principles of good and bad and right and wrong, but they also depend upon assumptions from metaphysics, epistemology, and human nature. Stephen Hicks here introduces six primary questions in ethics. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: [Part 4: Human Nature]: Sex education? Next: […]
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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different views of human nature lead to dramatically different approaches to dealing with “problem children” in class. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Reasons for and against dualism. Next: Physical education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to radically different views on physical education. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: The “problem child.” Next: Cognition: theory and/or practice. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to different views of the relationship between cognition in theory and practice. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Physical education. Next: Sex education? Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
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Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to radically different views on sex education. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Cognition: theory and/or practice. Next: [Part 5: Ethics] Six questions in ethics Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
Stephen Hicks here discusses introduces the integrationist view of the mind-body relation and contrasts it to the dualist and reductive materialist views. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Reductive materialism. Next: Mottos and graphics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
To help understand dualism, reductive materialism, and integrationism, Stephen Hicks here offers three graphics and three mottos to concretize and contrast them. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Integrationism. Next: Reasons for and against dualism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org
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Stephen Hicks here develops several arguments for and against dualism and its competitors, reductive materialism and integrationism. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: Mottos and graphics. Next: Implications for education: The “problem child.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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