It is true that many different kinds of individuals have “deep thoughts about Wittgenstein (comparative oriental philosophy), and “metalinguistic analysis”. Mercado’s methodsĪre Western, especially phenomenology (phenomenology of behavior), pointlessĬomparison with trite assertions seemingly culled out of context from the later Mostly been disastrous”, if correct would also apply to him. Mysterious claims that “various development attempts -has Socrates? Perhaps the Brazilian experiment will tell." On-say, starting in high school-might they have reacted differently to I wonder, though, why Plato didn’t consider theĪlternative: If citizens had been trained in dialectic debate from early Putting true philosophers in charge of the city-like parents in charge
To build politics on a foundation of philosophy, PlatoĬoncludes, doesn’t mean turning all citizens into philosophers, but To make them question the beliefs andĬustoms they were brought up in isn’t useful because they can’t replace Plato concurs: Socrates failed because most citizens justĪren’t philosophers in his view. "But can philosophy really become part of ordinary life? Wasn’t SocratesĮxecuted for trying? Athenians didn’t thank him for guiding them to theĮxamined life, but instead accused him of spreading moral corruption andĪtheism. Generals,'one UFBA colleague recalls from his high school days)." Philosophy with a course on Moral and Civic Education and one onīrazil’s Social and Political Organization ('to inculcate good mannersĪnd patriotic values and to justify the political order of the Philosophy’s potential to create engaged citizens it replaced The dictatorship seems to have understood Professors in departments of education, and political activistsĬhampioned its return, while most academic philosophers were either
"In 1971 the military dictatorship that ruled Brazilįrom 1964 to 1985 eliminated philosophy from high schools. Here are some interesting passages from the article: Got to this article via Brian Leiter's site.
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