Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 21

Tuesday we discussed John Dewey after a brief discussion of Husserl and Phenomenology. The focus on Dewey was on his theory of education. We watched a great old video about the Laboratory Schools and the changes he instituted that impact education to this day - applying the Hegelian dialectic as the Theory of Inquiry as the best way to learn and to solve problems. The video is here from the class. This is the old video we watched in class. The quiz question was can depressing works of art help people avoid things that depress them? (Thinking about the movie The Hours). For Introduction to Philosophy we discussed Anthony Appiah and identity. I used the way modern media, especially Disney, has of influencing identity world wide with a focus on the movie Frozen and the song in translation - 25 different languages. The video from the class is here. Here is one in French. The quiz question was do you feel your identity is oppressed?