Baehr Intellectual Virtues and Education

Essays in Applied Virtue Epistemology
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-50005-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

With its focus on intellectual virtues and their role in the acquisition and transmission of knowledge and related epistemic goods, virtue epistemology provides a rich set of tools for educational theory and practice. In particular, characteristics under the rubric of "responsibilist" virtue epistemology, like curiosity, open-mindedness, attentiveness, intellectual courage, and intellectual tenacity, can help educators and students define and attain certain worthy but nebulous educational goals like a love of learning, lifelong learning, and critical thinking. This volume is devoted to exploring the intersection between virtue epistemology and education. It assembles leading virtue epistemologists and philosophers of education to address such questions as: Which virtues are most essential to education? How exactly should these virtues be understood? How is the goal of intellectual character growth related to other educational goals, for example, to critical thinking and knowledge-acquisition? What are the "best practices" for achieving this goal? Can growth in intellectual virtues be measured? The chapters are a prime example of "applied epistemology" and promise to be a seminal contribution to an area of research that is rapidly gaining attention within epistemology and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baehr, Jason

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Jason Baehr Section I: Which Intellectual Virtues Are Central to Education? 1. Open-Mindedness, Insight, and Understanding Wayne Riggs 2. Why Should We Educate for Inquisitiveness? Lani Watson 3. Educating for Epistemic Humility Ian James Kidd 4. Skepticism and Intellectual Humility as Civic Virtues Allan Hazlett Section II: How Is Intellectual Character Growth Related to Other Educational Aims and Practices? 5. Critical Thinking and the Intellectual Virtues Harvey Siegel 6. Extended Cognition, Neuromedia, and the Epistemology of Education Duncan Pritchard 7. Testimonial Virtue Emily Robertson 8. Problems of Assessment in Educating for Intellectual Virtue Ben Kotzee Section III: How Can Intellectual Virtues Be Fostered In an Educational Setting? 9. Responsibilist Virtues in Reliabilist Classrooms Heather Battaly 10. Learning Intellectual Humility Robert Roberts 11. Intellectual Virtues and Classroom Debate Nathan King and Robert Garcia 12. A Therapeutic Approach to Intellectual Character Formation Steve Porter Conclusion Jason Baehr

Über Autor(innen)

Jason Baehr is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, USA.