Independence and the Socratic Method, with Michael Strong

Philosophy For Flourishing

English - December 22, 2021 15:49 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MB
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Michael Strong is an education serial entrepreneur and the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalism Can Solve All the World’s Problems. Here, we discuss the virtue of independence and how the Socratic method can be used to cultivate it in oneself and others.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

2:38 Is truth universal and what does that imply?

6:10 Certainty vs. Dogmatism

11:29 The Socratic method, Independence, and morality

23:15 Developing the independent thinking of young children

27:26 The Socratic method and persuasion

33:40 What's the purpose of education? How have we gone wrong? How can we fix it?

42:35 Using the Socratic method to level up in a field

47:05 Final comments

📜 WORKS MENTIONED:

Socratic Michael Strong: https://www.youtube.com/c/socraticmichaelstrong

The Habit of Thought by Michael Strong: https://amzn.to/3Fhcls8

The Socratic Experience (virtual school): https://socraticexperience.com/

“How to Give Your Child an Expensive Private Education for $3,000 per Year” by Michael Strong: https://flowidealism.medium.com/how-to-give-your-child-an-expensive-private-education-for-3-000-per-year-5d3ba7a240ca

Be the Solution by Michael Strong: https://amzn.to/3sl262a

How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian: https://amzn.to/3Eh2yAO

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand: https://amzn.to/32fEoKf

The Fountainhead Reading Group, with Dr. Andrew Bernstein: https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC

Benjamin Franklin’s Principles for Freedom and Flourishing: https://youtu.be/atZU0y9ZDss

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“Heroes and Villains in American Education” by Andrew Bernstein: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/08/heroes-and-villains-in-american-education/

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The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC

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