Articles written by Blake Tepour

Education > Educational Philosophy Education (or lack thereof): America is getting dumber: 16 of 44

The entire idea that the United States is getting "dumber" is ludicrous for a few very good reasons. These reasons are deeply founded in the shift in philosophy of education, or more specifically education's purpose. In the Modern and Classical era, education was a tool and a means to obtain knowledge. Knowledge in essence, ...
Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Post-Modernism: Inner conflict and claims about the 'end of Philosophy': 4 of 4

I would first like to establish a basic understanding of Post-Modernism: Defining Post-Modernism is a very difficult proposition, because Post-Modernism dictates that no definition is accurate or precise. Post-Modernism is generally synonymous to ideas of deconstruction amongst literature. Deconstruction in its truest essenc...