Wonder is a nice emotional supplement to education, perhaps, but from a strictly pedagogical perspective it hardly seems necessary. That is wrong. In fact, wonder epitomises what education is about: opening up the world. Any educators interested in – or devoted to – opening up the world to their students should consider wonder essential to […]
Symbols are inventions
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer who has published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction
Neuroscience has much to learn from Hume’s philosophy of emotions
we can’t tell ourselves whom to fall in love with – means that our wrestling with the passions is what brings the self into being. Habits consolidate what control we can have of our passions. Hume gives habit pride of place in his moral accounting, but the key here is to continually assess whether we […]
Conspiracy theory smell test
Dr. Art Hunter, Canadian Club of Rome Board of Directors, explains his smell test for authenticity of an article. “Is this link a conspiracy theory, fake news, propaganda or a clear statement of dire concern?” https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-collapse/ It passed my smell test. One of the main reasons I shared this link that is highly critical of […]
The End of Family Values
Neoliberalism rests on the myth that “good” families can provide for their own without public support. COVID-19 may finally change all that. the conditions for the squeeze that families are currently experiencing were set long before the pandemic hit U.S. shores. The seeming impossibility of the current situation for American families is not an unfortunate […]