[Wittrs] Re: Teaching Wittgenstein
- From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 04:32:49 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sean Wilson <whoooo26505@...> wrote:
> responding to message 6709
> Sean:
> Putting 1 and 2 together, we are left with a choice. Teach the
> class as a history course -- something like a documentary. Or,
> don't teach ABOUT it -- don't report on it as a journalist would --
> but, rather, teach it as a set of thinking orientations that the
> students themselves participate in, as SKILLS.
Granted, I am not a philosopher. So what would I know. But I wouldn't
be doing either of those. I would be discussing in class what were the
kinds of problems being addressed, and what are some of the
difficulties involved in those problem. But I would not be trying to
teach the students how to think or what to think. I would be teaching
the problem domain, and encouraging them to think creatively about it.
Regards,
Neil
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