This is Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces epistemology, its competing theories, and their role in education. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 2: Metaphysics] Metaphysics and method. Next: Reason–a developmental story. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Professor Hicks here discusses our faculty of reason and its development from infancy to maturity. This is from Part 3 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-4: Previous: Introduction: What epistemology is. Next: The Semmelweis case. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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From Part 3 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses Ignaz Semmelweis’s discovery of the cause of puerperal fever, with special focus on the cognitive methods Semmelweis used. Clips 1-3: Previous: Reason–a developmental story.Next: The “Juliet is the sun” metaphor.Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Professor Hicks discusses the central metaphor from a passage in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as an example of method. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Semmelweis case. Next: Education’s epistemological mission. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Here Stephen Hicks draws the implications for education of a commitment to the full development of a child’s reason. This is from his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: The “Juliet is the sun” metaphor. Next: Asch’s conformity experiments. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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This is Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he discusses Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments. Clips 1-2: Previous: Education’s epistemological mission. Next: Milgram’s obedience experiments. 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 discusses competing metaphysics’s role in education. 1 clip: Previous: The argument from evil. Next: [Part 3: Epistemology] Introduction: What epistemology is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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On March 30, Jeffrey Orduno spoke at Rockford College on Property Rights and the Law. Mr. Orduno is a Rockford College alum, received his J.D. from John Marshall Law School, and is currently an associate in the law firm at McGreevy Williams, where his practice includes business litigation and transactions, as well as matters related
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