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Philosophers on Education Philosophers on Education provides the most comprehensive history of philosphers' views hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and impacts on the direction of education, from Plato to Dewey. As Amelie Oksenberg Rorty explains in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and divide us. Philosophical reflection on education has usually been directed to the education of rulers, to those who are presumed to preserve hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and transmit--or to redirect hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and transform--the culture of sociey, its knowledge hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and values. Every historical era is marked by a struggle among claimants to that power. It is only late in the history of liberal democracies that educational policy was formulated for hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and directed toward autonomous individuals who structure their own lives. The contributors to this collection recognize that history remains actively embedded hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and expressed in society's beliefs hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and practices, hintikka jaakko library living philosopher philosophy and that the study of the history of philosophy mandates reflection on its implications for education. The all new essays are written by some of the finest contemporary philosophers: Elizabeth Anderson, Annette C. Baier, Frederick B. Beiser, Eva T. H. Brann, M.F. Burnyeat, William Galston, Daniel Garber, Peter Gay, Alvin I. Goldman, Moshe Halbertal, Tova Hartman Halbertal, Simon Harrison, Barbara Herman, Genevieve Lloyd, Alasdair MacIntyre, Richard W. Miller, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Adam Phillips, Philip L. Quinn, C.D.C. Reeve, Patrick Riley, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Emma Rothschild, Alan Ryan, Richard Schacht, Josef Stern, Richard Tuck, Thomas E. Uebel, Jeremy Waldron, Allen Wood, Paul Woodruff, Jean S. Yolton, John W. Yolton, Zhang LoShan (pseudonym). Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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