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In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals) And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education
By Israel Scheffler
Copyright 2011
190 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen 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 or a mechanism of inference but taken rather as the capactity to grasp principles and purposes... Read more
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)
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Israel Scheffler
