Worldview is back

A version of this paper was presented at the 2008 South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society Society conference on Oct 10, 2008. You may not …

Bauman on the Moral Encounter

Zygmunt Bauman’s collection of essays, Life in Fragments, is a description of the fragmentary nature of postmodern life.  The fragmentation of the postmodern life manifests …

Incorporating Worldview into Science Education: A Teachable Moment

Article in the Chronicle of Higher Education Commentary argues for the incorporation of Worldview into Science Education: Considering science in light of alternative worldviews also …

Eagleton on Rorty

In an interesting article on Commonweal, Terry Eagleton has a wonderful summation of Richard Rorty’s view of Western Civilization: Rorty’s kind of argument allows you …

Toward a Dissertation

I met with my advisor today, Dr. Leila Villaverde. I need to start forming a dissertation committee.  In order to do that, I need to …

Loving my Neighbor: Respecting the Diversity of Viewpoints

IN CONCLUSION This course, Education for Social and Cultural Change,  strengthened my conviction that reality is comprised of a wonderful diversity that amazingly provides a …

Human Love is first a Response

One of the benefits of the postmodern era is that spirituality is being re-evaluated. We are recognizing that material alone, the skin, the bones, the …

Love, but Not the Love of God

Michael Lerner’s book, The Left Hand of God, has a great deal to say about worldviews. And his assessment of Modernism has much in common …

Idolizing Democracy

The philosopher Richard Rorty believes “the word ‘Postmodernism’ has been rendered virtually meaningless by being used to mean some many different things.” (262) But at …

On Affluenza

Affluenza is the negative consequences of over-consumption. Our society is one which is experiencing a sickness over our obsession with materials. I agree with the …