TY - BOOK AU - Derry,Jan TI - Vygotsky philosophy and education T2 - The Journal of philosophy of education book series SN - 9781118368749 AV - BF713 U1 - 155 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Hoboken PB - Wiley KW - Vygotskiĭ, L. S. KW - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, KW - Developmental psychology KW - Educational psychology KW - Cognition KW - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 KW - VygotskiiÌ L.S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934 KW - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS KW - Life Stages KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Developmental KW - Lifespan Development KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Situated cognition and contextualism -- Constructivism and schooling -- Vygotsky, Piaget: a case of different philosophies -- Spinoza and free will -- Vygotsky, Hegel and the critique of abstract reason -- Vygotsky and Hegel II N2 - Vygotsky Philosophy and Education reassesses the works of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky work by arguing that his central ideas about the nature of rationality and knowledge were informed by the philosophic tradition of Spinoza and Hegel.-Presents a reassessment of the works of Lev Vygotsky inlight of the tradition of Spinoza and Hegel informing his work -Reveals Vygotsky's connection with the work of contemporary philosophers such as Brandom and McDowell -Draws on discussions in contemporary philosophy to revise prominent readings of Vygotskian psychology and revisits educational debates where Vygotsky's ideas were central -Reveals the limitations of appropriations of Vygotsky which fail to recognize the Hegelian provenance of his work -Shows the relevance of Brandom's inferentialism for contemporary educational theory and practice UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118368732 ER -