Stephen Hicks here introduces the five foundational issues of human nature. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: [Part 3: Epistemology] Choose your hero – Semmelweis or Abraham? Next: Dualism of mind and body. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here introduces the dualist account of the mind-body relation. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Five issues in human nature. Next: Reductive materialism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks here introduces the reductive materialist view of the mind-body relation. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Dualism of mind and body. Next: Integrationism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Click any thumbnail image for the full size. The cover: Section 22 picture of Nietzsche: “Father Stephen” in Section 25: Friedrich Nietzsche and Adolf Hitler juxtaposed, Section 20: Section 33 table contrasting Nietzsche with the National Socialists: Stephen Hicks in the conclusion, Section 41: Seven Nietzschean themes, Section 39: Hitler Youth poster from Section 14:
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Stephen Hicks here contrasts Semmelweis and Abraham as cognitive and moral role models. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Next: [Part 4: Human Nature] Five issues in human nature. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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Stephen Hicks here discusses the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard, Luther, and Tertullian. Next: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
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Stephen Hicks here discusses Kierkegaard’s interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: The story of Abraham.Next: Educational Implications: Choose your hero–Semmelweis or Abraham?Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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On Friday, April 23 and Monday, April 26, philosopher Douglas Rasmussen will speak at Rockford College on Aristotle, ethics, and philosophy. Dr. Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University in New York. He received his Ph.D. from Marquette University and is the co-author of Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics,
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