In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals): And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education

by Scheffler; Israel

• ISBN13: 9780415581530
• ISBN10: 0415581532
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136955600
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-29
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays - all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty or a mechanism of inference but taken rather as the capactity to grasp principles and purposes and to evaluate them in the light of relevant reasons. Examining a broad range of issues - from computers in school to math education, from metaphor to morality - these essays are unified by Scheffler's conviction of the primacy of critical thought in education.