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Questions on Learning and Education
I couldn't find an appropriate forum for this question, so here goes.
I've always been a believer on the power of education, although my slant to it is particularly different from many of whom I met.
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'Counterexamples in Philosophy'
In mathematics there's a type of book, bordering on the textbook but slightly different, that compiles examples to demonstrate the necessity of various conditions on theorems and the correct ...
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Reasons to not teach Spinoza in secondary school
In The Netherlands, it's on some schools possible to get philosophy taught from the fourth to the sixth grade of high school (that's the age group 15-18). I've done this.
I discovered that Spinoza's ...
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Does a higher level of education result in a stronger believe in determinism and a decrease of free-will? [closed]
As classic education is mostly the study of cause and effects, does it affect the subconscious in the long run to adopt a stronger believe in determinism in comparison to less educated people? Does it ...
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Does Chomsky make a good point by promoting anarchy while undermining college education?
I didn't read this in a book by Noam Chomsky but in an interview of his where he talks about being an anarchist and not mentioning anarchy when talking to an anarchist kind of thing but mentions ...
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Resources on anti-learning-history-discrimination
To detach competence from curriculum, inquiries into a man's learning history must be made taboo, like inquiries into his political affiliation, church attendance, lineage, sex habits, or racial ...
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Do different branches of philosophy correlate with different dispositions to psychological attitudes? [closed]
Speaking anecdotally, it's been my experience that logicians have the best senses of humor, metaphysicians tend to a little pomposity and lot of wine, philosophy-of-language types are a little ...
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How to open a closed mind that refers to scientific, logical reasoning as conspiracy theorizing? [closed]
I know someone who swears that (his preferred) academics and the people at Popular Mechanics are more credible than "conspiracy theorists", which is to say anyone who says something he doesn't like. ...
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How to address initial criticisms of modal logic, in particular “I can imagine a world where [necessary truth] is false?”
Whether you ultimately agree with it or not, I feel that a study of modal logic, including David Lewis's (and others') notion of possible words is a valuable facet of a proper understanding of logic ...
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Beginning education in philosophy and logic for children
My oldest child is nearly six years old and will be starting his first level of formal schooling in a few weeks. I don't believe he will be taught philosophy and logic in the classroom, so I would ...
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Which authors and works might be most important for introducing the philosophy of education?
Which authors and works might be most important for introducing the philosophy of education?
In other words, which (works, authors) expound the development of the most significant or critical ...
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Alternative canon for Western modern philosophy
After Richard Rorty died, Raymond Geuss wrote some recollections of their encounters. In his reminiscence, Geuss mentions that Rorty projected teaching an undergraduate course called "An Alternate ...
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Could I be accepted to a Graduate program in Philosophy with only a B.A. in Computer Science?
I am wondering if it would be reasonable to apply to M.A. or Phd programs in Philosophy with only a B.A. in Computer Science. I have done a great deal of reading in the field of Philosophy, but have ...
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Does an education that teaches relativism alone result in students who can not make ethical decisions?
This is a followup to a previous question that suggests that skepticism leads inevitably to moral relativism. In this question, I'd like to look further down the slippery slope and think of the ...
