Distinctively human action—that is, the kind of action which belongs to human beings and no other animals—receives its specifically-human character from the use of reason; and reason is developed through learning.
The Liberal Arts
Real Education for a Digital World
We live in a new world. No matter your city, state, province, or country, you live in this world too. It is a world where everything is different; for it is a world in which we are different. Human beings have always dwelt through technological means of interacting with their environments--whether that technology be automobiles, …
Education as a Habit
Closing the Doors. When René Descartes proposed a new approach to the study of physics--intending to displace the traditional Aristotelian thinking--he did not cite Aristotle's work; indeed, he hardly acknowledged it, let alone any developments made in the intervening centuries. Rather, as he wrote in a letter to his friend Marin Mersenne, he hoped that …
The Value of a Degree
I recently placed a 24-hour poll on Twitter, asking how much people would be willing to pay for a series of seminar lectures (apart from the seminar). I gave three options: $20, $40, and $80. It garnered a meager 46 votes (from 2300 impressions), telling me: the majority would not pay anything. As it was, 25 of …
Certification without Education
If you want to get a degree, go to a university. Choose the right field of study and you may even open the door to a career. You might learn how to apply higher skills or knowledge to real world problems; how to produce solutions. Choose the right school, and you might not go into …
Continuum Philosophical Insight 