WHY? - Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Summary: Join us each month as we engage in philosophical discussions about the most common-place topics with host Jack Russell Weinstein, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the director of The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life.
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WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, with Jack Russell WeinsteinStefanie Rocknak is an extraordinary sculptor. She is also an accomplished philosopher. How do the two vocations relate? Does philosophy help or hinder her creative process and how important is theory to the practice of making art? Join WHY as we look into the artistic mind and ask about the process of taking ideas and making them physically real.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Thursday August 23 – “The View from a Private High School,” our final episode of “WHY? Goes to China” with Jack Russell Weinstein. Is Chinese education a mindless brainwashing free of critical thinking or is it a modern, pragmatic, well-rounded experience preparing world leaders for the future? Is it a single-monolithic entity treating all citizens alike, or is it more like America where people can choose their own way? Join WHY? and our guest Dr. Yuyan Liu, principal of the Camford Royal School in Beijing as we look at Chinese education from the perspective of the reformer.
Monday, August 13 – Part two of five in our series “Why Goes to China.” Today’s episode, with host Jack Russell Weinstein, is called“Environmentalism without Protest.” In the United States, when we think of environmentalism we thing of Greenpeace, demonstrations, and boycotts. But what would environmentalism look like without protests? How can people be inspired to change their ways without petitions and social pressure, and how do you clean up a massive, industrial, over-polluted nation where food safety is a neglected concern? Join WHY? as we continue our exploration of modern China with guests Lynn King and Irving Steel. This episode was recorded live before an audience at the American Cultural Center at the University Shanghai for Science and Technology.
Monday, August 13 – Part two of five in our series “Why Goes to China.” Today’s episode, with host Jack Russell Weinstein, is called“Environmentalism without Protest.” In the United States, when we think of environmentalism we thing of Greenpeace, demonstrations, and boycotts. But what would environmentalism look like without protests? How can people be inspired to change their ways without petitions and social pressure, and how do you clean up a massive, industrial, over-polluted nation where food safety is a neglected concern? Join WHY? as we continue our exploration of modern China with guests Lynn King and Irving Steel. This episode was recorded live before an audience at the American Cultural Center at the University Shanghai for Science and Technology.
Monday, August 13 – Part two of five in our series “Why Goes to China.” Today’s episode, with host Jack Russell Weinstein, is called“Environmentalism without Protest.” In the United States, when we think of environmentalism we thing of Greenpeace, demonstrations, and boycotts. But what would environmentalism look like without protests? How can people be inspired to change their ways without petitions and social pressure, and how do you clean up a massive, industrial, over-polluted nation where food safety is a neglected concern? Join WHY? as we continue our exploration of modern China with guests Lynn King and Irving Steel. This episode was recorded live before an audience at the American Cultural Center at the University Shanghai for Science and Technology.
