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Did you Know? Wonder and Philosophy as a Way HomeIn Eric J. Mohr & Holly K. Mohr (eds.), Mister Rogers and Philosophy, Open Court Publishing Co.. pp. 19-27. 2019.Mister Rogers welcomes us into his cozy living room. With an affable smile, Mister Rogers comes through the door, takes off his jacket, hangs up his hat, switches his going-about town shoes for house shoes, and offers the hospitality of his home as a space for investigation, exploration, and the cultivation of wonder. In so doing, Mister Rogers opens his neighborhood to persons young and old as a place where questions are asked, and answers are sought. Mister Rogers opens his door and invites in…Read more
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9Breaking the SpellIn Richard B. Davis (ed.), Disney and Philosophy, Wiley. 2019-10-03.To be a prisoner either in Plato's cave or in the Beast's castle is a form of existence no one would desire. And yet the story of Disney's Beauty and the Beast – in particular, the spell that imprisoned the Beast and his servants – is a tale as old as time. It is one's common human experience: one's recognition that he/she is shackled by ignorance and unfulfilled potential, and his/her desperate desire to escape. Unfortunately, however, breaking the chains and ending the spell is no easy feat. F…Read more
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72The Very Idea of an Educated Public: On Philosophical Education and MacIntyre's ProjectJournal of Philosophy of Education 53 (1): 94-110. 2019.In this paper, I aim to reconsider MacIntyre’s notion of an educated public. In particular, I aim to do so in light of his recent elucidation of the role of philosophical education in rejecting, or at least challenging, predominant and shared cultural assumptions. I begin by outlining MacIntyre’s original case for an educated public as found in The Idea of an Educated Public. I then briefly consider and respond to three prominent criticisms of MacIntyre’s original explication of the notion. In r…Read more
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