Syllabus
1. Philosophy and education as two aspects of the one movement, i.e., the becoming of human being.
2. Plato's discovery of idea. The difference between the idea and the matter of fact.
3. Aristotle's asking concerning ethics and education. Ethos and upbringing.
4. Modern dissection of education and upringing. The transformation of meaning of science and education in human life.
5. Rousseau, Kant and Hegel - upbringing and universality.
6. Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger - freedom and existence in education.
7. Modern education and its issues.
Annotation
The purpose of this course is to understand the role and meaning of education and upbringing for our European tradition. For more information see Syllables.