Education, science and truth
This book argues that the cardinal problem with contemporary education is that it does not have an adequate notion of truth underpinning it. Here, Nejadmehr formulates a new version of the concept of objectivity based on the inclusion of multiple perspectives, including ones from art, philosophy and...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
c2009.
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| Series: | Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ;
20. |
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- Truth, universalism and relativism
- Objectivism and alienation
- Relativism and nihilism
- Inclusive notions of science and objectivity
- Cognitive pluralism
- Plurality of perspectives and unity of style
- The question of the ground of understanding
- Education and educators
- Relations between educators and learners
- The educational order of truth
- Education and the problem of authority
- The nature of educational renewal
- Conclusions.