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George Heffernan, B.A., M.A. (Catholic University of America 1975/76), Ph.D. (University of Cologne 1981), works in Classical Phenomenology, Early Modern Philosophy, and Hellenistic Epistemology.
(See my biography page for more information).
Publications:
| Doing Philosophy Not for School but for Life: Exploring the Pedagogical Potential of the Philosophical Protreptic | |||
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The paper presents a philosophical protreptic and argues that teachers can use protreptics as effective pedagogical instruments to interest students in philosophy. |
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| The Paradox and the Protreptic of Plato’s Apology: How Socrates Justifies the Examined Life and How Philosophers Can Benefit from His Learned Ignorance | |||
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Philosophers can learn from the paradox of Plato’s Apology as a protreptic in which Socrates moves some to accept philosophy by moving others to reject it. |
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| The “Selbstaufhebung” of Philosophy in Augustine’s Theological Protreptic: Rationality, Revelation, and Fulfillment in “On the Happy Life” | |||
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Augustine’s position in his theological protreptic or exhortation "On the Happy Life", that philosophy shows that it does not lead to happiness, is problematic. |
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| Augustine of Africa: Contemporary Lessons from his Postcolonial Struggle against Roman Imperialism and Donatist Fundamentalism | |||
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This paper seeks to make a substantial contribution to the emerging field of study represented by the common ground between Augustine scholarship and empire studies. |
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| "Sie Verstehen Mich Nicht": On the Hermeneutical Upshot of the Rhetorical Breakdown in Zarathustra's Prologue and Nietzsche's Protreptic | |||
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This paper examines both the philosophical and the rhetorical reasons for the failure to communicate in Zarathustra's Prologue and Nietzsche's Protreptic. |
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