While our initial minds are not quite William James' "blank slate", our kit is pretty much all learned. Education provide the tools we need for a successful and responsible life, of which a profession is a key but far from the sole component. we cannot change the nature of reality, but by knowing how it works, we can ride it, too degre…
While our initial minds are not quite William James' "blank slate", our kit is pretty much all learned. Education provide the tools we need for a successful and responsible life, of which a profession is a key but far from the sole component. we cannot change the nature of reality, but by knowing how it works, we can ride it, too degrees, we can even influence what happens next, in pleasing ways, provided we know the rules.
As parents, my wife and I tried to educate our daughter to hit the ground running, equipped to go where she would like on her own two feet. I imagine formal education doing much the same, imparting information, but above all jump-starting or refining self-sustaining and self-revising skills that improve our life and "liberty and justice for all". Fortune favors the prepared mind.
While our initial minds are not quite William James' "blank slate", our kit is pretty much all learned. Education provide the tools we need for a successful and responsible life, of which a profession is a key but far from the sole component. we cannot change the nature of reality, but by knowing how it works, we can ride it, too degrees, we can even influence what happens next, in pleasing ways, provided we know the rules.
As parents, my wife and I tried to educate our daughter to hit the ground running, equipped to go where she would like on her own two feet. I imagine formal education doing much the same, imparting information, but above all jump-starting or refining self-sustaining and self-revising skills that improve our life and "liberty and justice for all". Fortune favors the prepared mind.