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What Classical Education Needs
In this conversation, Geoffrey Meadows (Head of Upper School, Tulsa Classical Academy) discusses being a โhunter of causesโ and the need to translate enthusiasm into hard work in classical education. Together with Dr. Kemple, he discusses the importance of philosophy, the impact of technology on education, and the necessity of moral formation in students. Geoffrey…
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On Academic Gatekeeping
A Philosophical Happy Hour on admission to and exclusion from the halls of learningโor, the needs and excesses of academic gatekeeping. โShut your College gates against the votary of knowledge, throw him back upon the searchings and the efforts of his own mind; he will gain by being spared an entrance into your Babel.โ โ…
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The Growth of Consciousness
A Philosophical Happy Hour on the nature, growth, and importance of understanding consciousness. The concept of โconsciousnessโ today seems rather important: it is brought up in questions about artificial intelligence, neuroscience, the development of habits, โmindfulnessโ, self-improvement, and countless other related issues.ย But what is consciousness?ย Few good definitions seem available.ย Even many persons professionally…
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Do We Still Need Universities?
A Philosophical Happy Hour on the ends and purposes of higher education, universities, and the needs of teaching and learning. โReading Francis Sladeโs โEnds and Purposesโ In the nearly two-years since Claudine Gay’s revealed plagiarism and subsequent resignation from Harvard University, familiar questions concerning the function and legitimacy of academic workโquestions that, despite their familiarity…
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The Mystery of Being and the Rediscovery of Tradition
In this conversation, Dr. Matthew K. Minerd reflects on his intellectual journey, highlighting the influence of language and philosophyโthe dance of ฮฝฮฟแฟฆฯ before our eyesโin shaping his understanding of the world and his habits of inquiry. Listen as he and Dr. Kemple discuss the discovery of meaningful study, the development of a global intellectual perspective,…
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Philosophy and the Art of Reasoning
John Boyer joins Brian Kemple to discuss the decline of traditional liberal education and its impact on university curricula, emphasizing the superficial engagement with important questions in contemporary society, particularly through social media. In place of these superficial approaches, we ought to recover the Aristotelian understanding of causality, developing habits of real inquiry, and discovery…
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Beyond the University
Meaningful change never happens overnight. It takes years to establish and generations to perfect. The Lyceum Institute aims to build a new future for educationโknowing it will not come quickly or easily, but that from a few minds truly dedicated to the cause, we can bring new life to learning beyond the university. The renewal…
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The Death and Evolution of Education โ Epilogue: Building New Institutions
This is the epilogue to a four-part series on the Death and Evolution of Education, which seeks to explain why we cannot rely upon the university to provide the intellectual formation necessary for the common good, but must โevolveโ a new approach to learning. Part I: Introduction can be found here, Part II: The Hostile…
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A New Kind of School
Today’s needs for education are no longer being met. It is time for a new kind of school: one rooted in the wisdom of ancient traditions but adapted to the digital age. This video introduces the Lyceum Institute’s unique conception of education for the 21st century.
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The Death and Evolution of Education โ Part IV: Evolution of Higher Education
This is the fourth in a four-part series on the Death and Evolution of Education, which seeks to explain why we cannot rely upon the university to provide the intellectual formation necessary for the common good, but must โevolveโ a new approach to learning. Part I: Introduction can be found here, Part II: The Hostile…