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091: Ep88 – School Was Our Life

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

In this 88th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread, “School Was Our Life,” Dr. Jane Roland Martin, author of School Was Our Life (2018), joins Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio to talk about progressive education.

Photo of the cover of Dr. Martin's book, School Was Our Life, next to a black and white artwork of her portrait.

Dr. Jane Roland Martin is professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has published many books on philosophy, education, and gender and received a Guggenheim Award. Her most recent book is titled School Was Our Life, published in 2018 with Indiana University Press. Thank you for joining us today, Jane! Eric’s colleague, Dr. Beth Goldstein, in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky, called his attention to Martin’s 1991 essay titled “The Contradiction and the Challenge of the Educated Woman,” which inspired him and Anthony to reach out to Dr. Martin, who is an authority in the philosophy of education.

 Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

(1 hr 16mins)

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Notes

  1. Jane Roland Martin, School Was Our Lives (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2018).
  2. Israel Sheffler. 
  3. Summerhill School in England, and A. S. Neill.  
  4. The Dalton School in New York. 
  5. The Little Red Schoolhouse Wikipedia page.
  6.  Pamela Paul, “Let Children Get Bored Again,” The New York Times, February 2, 2019. 
  7. John Dewey on “Play and Work in the Curriculum,” Chapter 15 of Democracy and Education (New York: The Free Press, 1916/1997). 
  8. Elisabeth Irwin of the Little Red Schoolhouse on Wikipedia.com. 

 

You Tell Me!

Dr. Martin’s question for listeners is inspired by her work on a new, forthcoming book: 

“Do you think that to preserve the natural environment of the planet that has allowed our species to flourish human nature has to change? If so, can we change it?”

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088: Ep84 – Feminism and Peace: Jane Addams’s Legacy

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Dr. Patricia Shields.In episode 84 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Patricia Shields on “Feminism and Peace: Jane Addams’s Legacy.”

Jane Addams and other activists calling for peace.

Dr. Shields is editor of editor of Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work, and Public Administration, published in 2017. She is also Professor of Political Science at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Armed Forces and Society, the leading peer-reviewed journal on civil-military relations. In addition, Pat has received many awards for excellence in teaching such as the National Association for Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award (2002), The Texas State Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2001), the Texas State Faculty Senate, Everette Swinney Teaching Award (2010) as well as the Professor of the Year Award from the Central Texas Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (2006).

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

(1 hr, 4 mins)

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Notes

  1. Patricia Shields’s book on Jane Addams.
  2. YouTube video sponsored by the Journal of Public Integrity on Jane Addams’s social ethics.
  3. Addams, J. (1880). Bread Givers. Rockford Daily Register.
  4. Addams, J. (1902). Democracy and Social Ethics. New York: MacMillan.
  5. Addams, J. (1907). Newer Ideals of Peace. New York: MacMillan.
  6. Addams, J. (1913). If men were seeking the franchise. Ladies Home Journal, vol. 30 (June).
  7. Addams, J. (1922). Peace and Bread in Times of War. New York: MacMillan.
  8. Addams, L. Balch, E. G., & Hanilton, A. (1915/2003) Women at the Hague: The International Congress of Women and its Results. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
  9. Hamington, M. (2009). The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
  10. Haslanger, S. (2017). Jane Addams’s “Women and Public Housekeeping. In Schliesser, E. (Ed.) Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.
  11. Rissler, G. and Shields, Patricia (2018). Positive Peace – a necessary touchstone for Public Administration, Administrative Theory and Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2018.1479549.
  12. Seigfried, C. (1996). Pragmatism and feminism: Reweaving the Social Fabric. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  13. Shields, P., & Soeters, J. (2017). Peaceweaving: Jane Addams, positive peace, and Public Administration. American Review of Public Administration, 47(3), 323–339.
  14. Shields, P.  (ed.) (2017). Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration. New York: Springer.
  15. Shields, P. (2017). Limits of Negative Peace, Faces of Positive Peace. Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly, 47(3), 1–12.
  16. Shields, P. (2006). Democracy and the Social Ethics of Jane Addams: A Vision for Public Administration. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 28, 418–443.
  17. YouTube video on Jane Addams and her Social Ethics, sponsored by the journal Public Integrity, and filmed in March 2018.

 

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Pat asked the following question in this episode:

“How do you suggest that we move to a world with less rigid belief structures so that we can resolve our differences?”

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086: Ep82 – BC16 – On Addams and Dewey

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Dr. Marilyn FischerIn this 82nd episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread and our 16th “breadcrumb” episode, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio invite Dr. Marilyn Fischer back on the show to talk about the relationship between Jane Addams and John Dewey.

A collage of photos of John Dewey and Jane Addams.

As a reminder, Marilyn is a Professor Emerita at the University of Dayton where she specializes in political philosophy and American Pragmatism. She focuses especially on Jane Addams’s philosophy. She has a strong passion for interdisciplinary work. She is the author of several books, including Ethical Decision Making in Fundraising (2000), On Addams (2003), and in 2008, she released a co-edited volume titled Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy.

Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBreadand on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

(17 mins)

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Notes

  1. Hull House Museum.
  2. Jane Addams and the Labor Museum.
  3. The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
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082: Ep78 – Demons and Other Unusual Mental States

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Dr. Tadd Ruetenik

In this 78th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Tadd Ruetenik, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Ambrose University, on “Demons and Other Unusual Mental States.” Tadd is the author of The Demons of William James: Religious Pragmatism Explores Unusual Mental States, out this year with Palgrave MacMillan.

Cover of Ruetenik's book, 'The Demons of William James.'

Tadd is the winner of the 2018 Ila and John Morrow Prize from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. He teaches American philosophy, critical thinking, philosophy of life, and philosophy of religion. In addition to The Demons of William James, Tadd’s publications have been featured in The Pluralist, Contemporary Pragmatism, Teaching American Literature, the journal of Philosophy and Theology, and the Journal of Religion and Health, and have been on topics ranging from Animal Ethics, to Jane Addams and Christian Science.

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

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Notes

Tadd Ruetenik, rocking out.
Tadd from his rock and roll days.
  1. William James, Varieties of Religious Experience (New York: Penguin Classics, 1902 / 1982).
  2. William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (New York: Dover Publications, 1905)
  3. Daemon, according to Merriam Webster.
  4. “Leonora Piper,” on Encyclopedia.com.
  5. “Hypnosis today,” according to the American Psychological Association.
  6. Suggestion, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
  7. In this episode, Weber refers to the American Medical Association’s retraction of hypnosis as a form of treatment. See this release for demonstration of what he was referring to. Nevertheless, according to the Mayo Clinic, hypnosis has shown strong evidence of helping to alleviate pain associated with cancer. See James H. Stewart, “Hypnosis in Contemporary Medicine,” Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic 80, Issue 4 (April 2005): 511–524.
  8. “What Is Christian Science?” on ChristianScience.com.
  9. “What Is Scientology?” on Scientology.org.
  10. “Salem Witch Trials” on History.com.

 

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Tadd asked the following question in this episode:

“If you passed away and could speak to someone living, what would you want to say to them?”

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073: Ep69 – Loving Life

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Cover of John Lachs's book, 'In Love with Life.'We are releasing this 69th episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast a little early, as there are a few spots left to join a philosophical canoe trip that Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio will be holding with Alejandro Strong of Apeiron Expeditions. We’ll be talking about John Lachs’s 1998 book, In Love with Life, so we invited John back on the show to talk about his book, and to give people a preview of what we’ll be talking about. John has written two new chapters for an extended edition of the book, which we ask him about in this episode. To learn more about the trip planned for July 29th through August 1st, visit the Trip Catalog on Apeiron Expeditions’ web site.

Dr. John Lachs.

Dr. Lachs was our guest in Episode 5 of the show, back in February of 2017, when we asked him about his more recent book, Stoic Pragmatism. is the author of numerous books, and is Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA), of which Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production. In addition to talking with John about his book, we first ask him about SOPHIA and the history of the philosophical profession, which motivated the founding of the organization.

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.


(1 hr 6 mins)

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Notes

  1. About the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA), including its history.
  2. Apeiron Expeditions and the Philosophy Bakes Bread trip on a river in Maine, July 29th – August 1st.
  3. Andrew David Irvine, “Principia Mathematica,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015, on Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, Principia Mathematica: Volume One.
  4. Geoff Sayre-McCord, “Metaethics,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2012.
  5. John Lachs, In Love with Life (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1998).

 

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, John posed the following question in this episode:

“Do you find it difficult to engage in an activity for its own sake?”

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