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The formation of reason / David Bakhurst.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal of philosophy of education book series ; 12.Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 186 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781444395600
  • 1444395602
  • 1299313647
  • 9781299313644
  • 1444339095
  • 9781444339093
  • 9781444395327
  • 1444395327
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Formation of reason.DDC classification:
  • 128/.33 22
LOC classification:
  • BD418.3 .B355 2011
Other classification:
  • PHI009000
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- What Can Philosophy Tell Us About How History Made the Mind? -- Social Constructionism -- Self and Other -- Freedom, Reflection and the Sources of Normativity -- Exploring the Space of Reasons -- Reason and Its Limits: Music, Mood and Education -- Education Makes Us What We Are -- References -- Index.
Summary: "In The Formation of Reason, David Bakhurst expounds and defends a socio-historical account of the human mind. Inspired by the work of the influential philosopher John McDowell, Bakhurst maintains that the distinctive character of human psychological powers resides in our responsiveness to reasons, a capacity that develops in children as they are initiated into traditions of thinking and reasoning. In this process of formation (or Bildung), children enter 'the space of reasons' to become rational agents in self-conscious control of their thoughts and actions. In addition to exploring McDowell's ideas, Bakhurst draws on a variety of thinkers - including Davidson, Hacking, Ilyenkov, Strawson, Vygotsky, Wiggins, and Wittgenstein - to illuminate questions of personhood, identity, learning, rationality, and freedom. Offering an intellectually stimulating exploration of the conceptual foundations of the philosophy of education, The Formation of Reason breathes fresh life into a familiar but controversial idea: that the end of education is the cultivation of autonomy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Front Matter -- What Can Philosophy Tell Us About How History Made the Mind? -- Social Constructionism -- Self and Other -- Freedom, Reflection and the Sources of Normativity -- Exploring the Space of Reasons -- Reason and Its Limits: Music, Mood and Education -- Education Makes Us What We Are -- References -- Index.

"In The Formation of Reason, David Bakhurst expounds and defends a socio-historical account of the human mind. Inspired by the work of the influential philosopher John McDowell, Bakhurst maintains that the distinctive character of human psychological powers resides in our responsiveness to reasons, a capacity that develops in children as they are initiated into traditions of thinking and reasoning. In this process of formation (or Bildung), children enter 'the space of reasons' to become rational agents in self-conscious control of their thoughts and actions. In addition to exploring McDowell's ideas, Bakhurst draws on a variety of thinkers - including Davidson, Hacking, Ilyenkov, Strawson, Vygotsky, Wiggins, and Wittgenstein - to illuminate questions of personhood, identity, learning, rationality, and freedom. Offering an intellectually stimulating exploration of the conceptual foundations of the philosophy of education, The Formation of Reason breathes fresh life into a familiar but controversial idea: that the end of education is the cultivation of autonomy"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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