Imitation and Education : A Philosophical Inquiry into Learning by Example

by Warnick, Bryan R.

• ISBN13: 9780791474273
• ISBN10: 0791474275
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-10
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Brings together current research in philosophy, cognitive science, and education to uncover and criticize the traditional assumptions of how and why we should learn through imitation.

Author Biography

Bryan R. Warnick is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Problems of Imitation and Human Exemplarity	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
The Mysteries of Learning by Example: An Outline	p. 9
The Historical Tradition of Human Exemplarity	p. 13
Imitative Models of Human Exemplarity: The Standard Model	p. 13
Enlightenment Criticism and Nonimitative Exemplars	p. 18
The Historical Tradition: An Initial Assessment	p. 26
How Do People Become Examples?	p. 31
The Nature of Examples	p. 33
How Does Something Become an Example?	p. 37
Educational Implications	p. 44
Conclusion	p. 49
How Do Examples Bring Out Imitation?	p. 53
The Link between Action and Perception	p. 57
The Sense of Self and the Imitative Sorting Mechanism	p. 61
The Narrative-Self Theory of Imitation	p. 65
The Social Nature of Narrative and Imitation	p. 73
Educational Implications	p. 77
Conclusion	p. 82
The Social Meanings of Imitation	p. 83
The Meanings of Following an Example	p. 87
Imitation and Community Identity	p. 93
Imitation, Initiation, and Education	p. 97
Factors Influencing Imitative Meaning	p. 100
Imitation and Communities of Learning	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 107
Imitation, Exemplarity, and Moral Reason	p. 109
The Practical Objection to Imitating Examples	p. 110
A Social Response to the Practical Objection	p. 113
The Theoretical Objection to Imitating Examples	p. 119
A Social Response to the Theoretical Objection	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 125
How Can We Evaluate Human Exemplars?	p. 127
Ancient Skepticism, Exemplarity, and Criticality	p. 129
The Turn to Practices and Exemplar Rotation	p. 134
A Critical Education and Exemplarity: A Conclusion	p. 136
A Social Analysis of Exemplarity and Imitation	p. 139
Notes	p. 147
References	p. 153
Index	p. 163
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