Oof, did not see that post of Huemer's until now, and it is a doozy.
It is one thing to claim that children have a right to an education that promotes critical thinking. But it's rather more extreme to claim that one is able to judge what constitutes critical thinking, with enough confidence to ban parents from pursuing a particular educa…
Oof, did not see that post of Huemer's until now, and it is a doozy.
It is one thing to claim that children have a right to an education that promotes critical thinking. But it's rather more extreme to claim that one is able to judge what constitutes critical thinking, with enough confidence to ban parents from pursuing a particular education on that grounds that "dogma" (religious dogma in particular) can never be rational.
There must always be axioms to form a foundation upon which reason can do it's work. Everyone takes something dogmatically, or else they could never reach any conclusions at all.
Oof, did not see that post of Huemer's until now, and it is a doozy.
It is one thing to claim that children have a right to an education that promotes critical thinking. But it's rather more extreme to claim that one is able to judge what constitutes critical thinking, with enough confidence to ban parents from pursuing a particular education on that grounds that "dogma" (religious dogma in particular) can never be rational.
There must always be axioms to form a foundation upon which reason can do it's work. Everyone takes something dogmatically, or else they could never reach any conclusions at all.