In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals): And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education

ISBN-13: 9780415581530 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 190 str.

Israel Scheffler

Opis

This title comprises 14 of Scheffler's most recent essays - all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty but taken rather as the capactity to grasp principles and purposes.

Spis treści

Part I: Human Nature  1. In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (1977)  2. Human Nature and Potential (1983)  3. Making and Understanding (1987)  Part II: Symbolism  4. Educational Metaphors (1960)  5. Ten Myths of Metaphor (1988)  6. Symbol, Ritual, and Cognition (1989)  Part III: Curriculum  7. Basic Mathematical Skills (1976)  8. Computers at School? (1986)  9. Moral Education Beyond Moral Reasoning (1990)  Part IV: Education  10. The Education of Policy-Makers (1984)  11. Four Languages of Education (1987)  12. Vice into Virtue, or Seven Deadly Sins of Education Redeemed (1989)  13. John Dewey's Social and Educational Theory (1974)  14. Pragmatism as a Philosophy (1984)