In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses the pragmatic, democratic education theory offered in John Dewey's 1916 work: Democracy and Education. He focuses on chapters 1 & 7.

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.

Timestamps:

00:40 The text
03:10 Definition of life: life is a selfrenewing process
03:47 But it is not indefinite; life does come to an end
04:07 Continuity of the life process does not depend on any one individual
05:00 Continuity of life means continual readaptation of the environment
06:38 Education is the means of this social continuity of life
08:15 The importance of education to the group.
10:10 What is meant by a group?
13:08 Formal education
14:26 Dangers of formal education
17:53 Chapter 7 democracy in education
18:52 Educational as a social function
21:35 Education is to be molded by practical reality
27:47 The democratic ideal
30:24 Democracy is more than a form of government
32:36 Dewey contrasts Platonic education to his own
38:07 Dewey rejects the "individualistic ideal"
45:38 Dewey rejects the nationalism of the Germanic model of education
51:06 Dewey reaches two brief results

Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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