http://www.lingq.com/
A wonderful interview from TSF http://tsf.sapo.pt/podcast/files/mct_20100526.mp3 on how children learn to listen, investigate, debate and yet not have to arrive at a consensus. A spirit that is lacking in North American academic circes.
Philosophy is for losers.
bnrshdydvdrtrk 2 months ago
nice clip .. i like it .. thanks for sharing
evechico98 5 months ago
Great You Tube, Steve!. I think your right about academia and a consensus based on some kind of artificial flavoring as the motif or unwritten law of say a classroom and of course look at the chemistry books 50 yrs ago vs today quite a change the knowledge before was like a fleeting shadow that dissipated til it basically disappeared; whereas, the absolute truths that don't change the aspects where the closer we come to absolute truths the MORE simply they can be expressed!
silverfoxidm 1 year ago
I wish my high school offered philosophy :(
milootis10 1 year ago
@loki2504 Totally agree. The more you listen, the more you improve. And like you said, if you listen many times the same, your pronunciation will improve greatly!
OscarP282 1 year ago
I believe the earlier we can get children to think on their own, the better. Make it fun but effective. Schools seem to not know how to do this. Luckily I got interested in history, philosophy, etc. at an early age and believe it has benefited me greatly in life.
shearoberts 1 year ago
@adalberto1178
To conclude: Better do nothing than doing critical thinking classes AND/OR traditional philosophy classes
adalberto1178 1 year ago
@adalberto1178
I have a saying, that sums up all of this: "America (USA/Canada) is a progressist country with a conservative party, Italy is a conservative country with a (weak) progressist party"
adalberto1178 1 year ago
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Steve, I must confess that your critique of the North American academic system seems to me exaggerated. Nearly all the people I know would do God knows what for attending an American school/university. Even if some things go wrong, Anglophone culture is quite open and most of innovators come from anglophone countries.
adalberto1178 1 year ago
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This is the case in Italy, where I live, and this method of teaching philosopy has lead to nothing. If each one of you saw this country, you would be appalled. Listening is out of question. Reciprocal respect, autonomous thinking, politeness, rationality have been erased from our country's political/economic/social debate.
adalberto1178 1 year ago