KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING AND WISDOM by Keith Lehrer (Editor), B.J. Lum (Editor), Beverly A. Slichta (Editor) ( 9780792339809 )

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Title:

KNOWLEDGE, TEACHING AND WISDOM

By:

Keith Lehrer (Editor), B.J. Lum (Editor), Beverly A. Slichta (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0792339800

ISBN 13:

9780792339809

Publisher:

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

Edition:

1996 ed.

Series:

Philosophical Studies Series v. 67

Pages:

292

Description:

What is knowledge? What is wisdom? What is education? How can education result in the acquisition of knowledge and wisdom? Containing articles from diverse philosophical and educational perspectives, this work provides answers to the basic questions of philosophy and education. It is of interest to philosophers and educators.

Synopsis:

This book derives from a 1993 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Knowledge, Teaching, and Wisdom. The Institute took place at the University of California, Berkeley, and was co-directed by Keith Lehrer and Nicholas D. Smith. The aims of the Institute were several: we sought to reintroduce wisdom as a topic of discussion among contemporary philosophers, to undertake an historical investigation of how and when and why it was that wisdom faded from philosophical view, and to ask how contemporary epistemological theories might apply to the obviously related subjects of teaching and wisdom. In recruiting participants, Lehrer and Smith put the greatest emphasis on those with professional interests in epistemology and the history of philosophy, of the ancient Greeks especially ancient Greek philosophy (because in the writings all three subjects of the Institute were explicitly related and discussed). But in addition to these two groups, some effort was made also to include others, with academic specializations in a variety of fields other than epistemology and the history of philosophy, to ensure that a broad perspective could be achieved in our discussions.To an obvious extent, the papers in this book reflect the recruitment emphases and variety. They also testify to the extent that the Institute managed to bring life to our subjects, and to raise very old questions in a contemporary context.

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