Michael Conradt
Interactive online courses promise easier entry into the philosophy of philosophy? Phew, I understand anything anyway! So the opinion of many people who are interested in philosophical topics, but fear not to cope with the technical jargon of the philosophers. “That must be”, says Michael Conradt, a philosopher and Director of the Institute for applied philosophy in Icking in Munich. With his staff, he has developed interactive online courses designed to enable an easier entrance into the philosophy. The learning system is in fact very simple: participants will receive password access to individual texts that reflect the current state of research on the topic, but are easy to understand without philosophical training. By working with they have the opportunity, their supervisor by E-Mail questions put and a comment function with other participants discuss, so that discussions can occur. After a week, comes the next text in the network. In this way, so Conradt, can be bundled several advantages. Participants learn at home but not alone. You can share a free your time and your learning pace, but still the opportunity […]