Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Continuing on John Dewey's Democracy and Education (1916) ch. 1, 2, 4, and 24 with guest Jonathan Haber.

How is education different than mere conditioning, and how does it relate to habits and growth? We discuss how much of what Dewey recommends lines up with liberal education and multiculturalism. Also, can education change taste?

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0:00.0	The Partially Examined Life relies on your support.
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0:05.4	please visit partiallyexaminedlife.com slash support.
0:16.4	Hey, this is the Partially Examined Life Episode 249,
0:20.0	Part 2.
0:20.9	We've been talking about John Dewey.
0:22.8	We finished with how we think chapter 1.
0:25.3	We're going to talk about democracy and education here.
0:27.9	I think we'd finish chapter 1.
0:29.5	We are into chapter 2.
0:31.8	Yeah, let's turn back to this book.
0:33.3	So John, I think you were talking about Dewey's view of freedom.
0:36.8	He definitely talks a lot about the function of education
0:40.7	and society, but it's not like molding children
0:45.7	to become democratic autonomous.
0:48.4	It's the goal.
0:49.8	He makes it very clear that it is only
0:52.4	through education that they can learn
0:55.3	to be truly independent, and that's what a democracy wants.
1:00.7	I think he describes it in a later chapter.
1:03.5	Such societies are found to be democratic in quality
1:06.0	because the greater freedom allowed the constituent members
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