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

Scheffler, Israel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415582717 ISBN 13: 9780415582711

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

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 and to evaluate them in the light of relevant reasons. Examining a broad range of issues - from computers in school to math education, from metaphor to morality - these essays are unified by Scheffler's conviction of the primacy of critical thought in education.

About this title

About the Author:

Israel Scheffler is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Philosophy at Harvard University, where he is also co-director of the Philosophy of Education Research Center. His many previous books include Four Pragmatists (RKP), Of Human Potential (RKP) and Reason and Teaching (RKP).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0415582717
• ISBN 13: 9780415582711
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174