1st Edition

Education and the Nature of Knowledge

By R.J. Brownhill Copyright 1983
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1983,  Education and the Nature of Knowledge  explores the fundamental nature of knowledge, its transmission, and the development of expertise. It challenges traditional distinctions between ‘knowing how’ and ‘knowing that’, emphasizing the cultivation of skills and judgment within intellectual and professional communities. It examines the paradigm of scientific knowledge,... Read more

1. The Nature of Knowledge 2. The Organisation of Experience 3. Tacit Knowledge 4. Teaching and Learning 5. The Social Context of Knowledge 6. The Scientific Community: Actuality and Morality 7. Education, Control and the Judicial Community 8. An Intellectual and a Non-intellectual Community: History and Morality 9. Argument and Persuasion 10. Conclusion: Objectivity and Education

Biography

R J. Brownhill