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Philosophers on Education

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roger Straughan, John Wilson
      Pages 1-4
  3. The Logic of Educational Aims and Achievements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Education and Magic

      • D. Z. Phillips
      Pages 7-20
    3. Examination not Attempted

      • Antony Flew
      Pages 21-42
    4. Education as a Positional Good

      • Martin Hollis
      Pages 43-58
  4. Rationality, Understanding and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. The Transmission of Knowledge

      • Neil Cooper
      Pages 61-78
    3. On Having a Mind of One’s Own

      • R. S. Downie
      Pages 79-92
  5. Reason in Religious and Moral Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Two Questions about Religious Education

      • W. D. Hudson
      Pages 109-126
    3. The Roots of Moral Reason

      • Renford Bambrough
      Pages 162-175
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 176-180

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Reading, UK

    Roger Straughan

  • Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford, UK

    John Wilson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophers on Education

  • Editors: Roger Straughan, John Wilson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08106-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-39530-1Published: 25 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08106-6Published: 26 January 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 180

  • Topics: Philosophy of Education, Education, general

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