This is really sad. I was a Accounting student back in early 90's at University of Texas, but we had to take Philosophy as a required class. I will tell you that I still remember Professor Baker and what he taught us about critical thinking, forming opinions, Socrates, Plato, ethics, etc. . I can say I never knew what "he" thought of t…
This is really sad. I was a Accounting student back in early 90's at University of Texas, but we had to take Philosophy as a required class. I will tell you that I still remember Professor Baker and what he taught us about critical thinking, forming opinions, Socrates, Plato, ethics, etc. . I can say I never knew what "he" thought of the present day topics he would bring up that we would then write and apply this type of logic to, but just gave us tools to think for ourselves. It was one of THE best classes I took at UT. Sounds like this guy was teaching much in that same vein. Pity they are running these people out of the Universities. Critical thinking, ethics, how to form your own opinion by applying these skills, but still asking questions respectfully and listening to the others point of view...such an important skillset to have. I hope he can find another place to land...we still need these Professors.
I had the same experience in Prof. Ed Garlan's philosophy class across the river, at Reed College in the 1960's. He taught each philosopher so convincingly that the students were certain that Prof. Garlan subscribed wholly to that school of thought, until the next lecture when we came away convinced that he subscribed to that day's different school.
I dread to think what a hotbed of woke cult fanaticism Reed must be today.
This is really sad. I was a Accounting student back in early 90's at University of Texas, but we had to take Philosophy as a required class. I will tell you that I still remember Professor Baker and what he taught us about critical thinking, forming opinions, Socrates, Plato, ethics, etc. . I can say I never knew what "he" thought of the present day topics he would bring up that we would then write and apply this type of logic to, but just gave us tools to think for ourselves. It was one of THE best classes I took at UT. Sounds like this guy was teaching much in that same vein. Pity they are running these people out of the Universities. Critical thinking, ethics, how to form your own opinion by applying these skills, but still asking questions respectfully and listening to the others point of view...such an important skillset to have. I hope he can find another place to land...we still need these Professors.
I had the same experience in Prof. Ed Garlan's philosophy class across the river, at Reed College in the 1960's. He taught each philosopher so convincingly that the students were certain that Prof. Garlan subscribed wholly to that school of thought, until the next lecture when we came away convinced that he subscribed to that day's different school.
I dread to think what a hotbed of woke cult fanaticism Reed must be today.