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  • Wittgenstein and Education

    On Not Sparing Others the Trouble of Thinking

    Edited by Adrian Skilbeck, Paul Standish ...
    Series series Journal of Philosophy of Education
    WITTGENSTEIN AND EDUCATIONWittgenstein’s later writings are abundant with examples, and these return repeatedly to scenes of teaching and learning. Light is cast on language, belief, imagination, perception, illusion and obsession, by asking for each how it is acquired. How do we come into the practices that make up our lives? How, beyond the biological, do we become human beings? Wittgenstein ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy

    Pedagogy for Human Transformation

    Edited by Paul Standish, Naoko Saito ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The work of the Kyoto School represents one of the few streams of philosophy that originate in Japan. Following the cultural renaissance of the Meiji Restoration after Japan’s period of closure to the outside world (1600-1868), this distinctly Japanese thought found expression especially in the work of Kitaro Nishida, Keiji Nishitani and Hajime Tanabe. Above all this is a philosophy of experience, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Philosophy of Nurse Education

    by John Drummond, Paul Standish ...
    In recent years, philosophical issues in nursing and health care have become more evident in the academic literature. The Philosophy of Nurse Education covers a variety of philosophical perspectives and enhances ideas of learning, teaching and curriculum design. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Lyotard

    Just Education

    Edited by Pradeep Dhillon, Paul Standish ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important contribution to contemporary debates on postmoderism and education. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Universities We Need

    Higher Education After Dearing

    by Nigel Blake, Richard Smith, Paul Standish ...
    This work challenges some of the assumptions behind recent thinking on lifelong learning and discusses the idea of the learning society through a reappraisal of the relationship between the university and the community. It reconsiders the demand for efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation

    The Truth is Translated

    Edited by Paul Standish, Naoko Saito ...
    Translation exposes aspects of language that can easily be ignored, renewing the sense of the proximity and inseparability of language and thought. The ancient quarrel between philosophy and literature was an early expression of a self-understanding of philosophy that has, in some quarters at least, survived the centuries. This book explores the idea of translation as a philosophical theme and as ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Heidegger, Education, and Modernity

    by Valerie Allen, Ares D. Axiotis, Michael Bonnett, Patrick Fitzsimons, Ilan Gur-Ze'ev, Padraig Hogan, F Ruth Irwin, Bert Lambeir, Paul Smeyers, Paul Standish, Iain Thomson, Michael A. Peters, David E Cooper ...
    Martin Heidegger is, perhaps, the most controversial philosopher of the twentieth-century. Little has been written on him or about his work and its significance for educational thought. This unique collection by a group of international scholars reexamines Heidegger's work and its legacy for educational thought. Thematically, the collection focuses on Heidegger's critique of modernity and ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Education in an Age of Nihilism

    Education and Moral Standards

    by Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith, Paul Standish ...
    This book addresses concerns about educational and moral standards in a world increasingly characterised by nihilism. On the one hand there is widespread anxiety that standards are falling; on the other, new machinery of accountability and inspection to show that they are not. The authors in this book state that we cannot avoid nihilism if we are simply laissez-faire about values, neither can we ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

    by Erich Fromm ...
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  • Wittgenstein, Rules and Institutions

    by David Bloor ...
    Clearly and engagingly written, this volume is vital reading for students of philosophy and sociology, and anyone interested in Wittgenstein's later thought. David Bloor provides a challenging and informative evaluation of Wittgenstein's account of rules and rule-following. Arguing for a collectivist reading, Bloor offers the first consistent sociological interpretation of Wittgenstein's work for ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Play

    Edited by Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, Malcolm MacLean ...
    Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as well as an exploration of some key applied ethical considerations.The main objective of The Philosophy of Play is to provide a richer ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    In the fiftieth anniversary of this book‘s first release, Winch‘s argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy was a landmark exploration of the social sciences, written at a time when that field was still young and had not yet joined the Humanities and the Natural Sc ... Read more

    $25.99 USD