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16Reality Construction and Aesthetics: Essay ReviewWays of WorldmakingJournal of Aesthetic Education 13 (4): 109. 1979.
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14Is educational policy making rational — and what would that mean, anyway?Educational Theory 59 (5): 533-547. 2009.In Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American Education, Michael Feuer raises concerns about the consequences of basing educational policy on the model of rational choice drawn from economics. Policy making would be better and more realistic, he suggests, if it were based on a newer procedural model drawn from cognitive science. In this essay Eric Bredo builds on Feuer's analysis by offering a more systematic critique of the traditional model of rationality that Feuer critici…Read more
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92002 American Educational Studies Association Presidential Address Bringing Collaboration Back Into EducationEducational Studies 37 (2): 112-134. 2005.
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47Parts and wholes: Liberal-communitarian tensions in democratic statesJournal of Philosophy of Education 41 (3). 2007.One source of tension within and between modern nation states derives from conflict between individual and cultural rights. Modern democracies have been built on ideas of individual liberty whose extensions to the rights of culturally distinctive groups to survival and acceptance can create normative and political conflict. Such tensions raise questions about the role of the state, the underlying theory legitimising liberal states, and the social aims of education. Philosophical aspects of such …Read more
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9William James and Education. 2002.William James and Education is a dynamic collection of original essays spotlighting William James as a role model for bringing philosophy to bear on the persistent issues of life and education. Using James's philosophical ideas, the contributors evade the polarization and superficiality that permeate the debate around such educational issues as standards versus diversity, cultural consensus versus multiculturalism, religion versus science, and individual freedom versus social determinism. The re…Read more
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14Addressing the Social Foundations "Accountability" DilemmaEducational Studies 38 (3): 230-241. 2005.The attempt to reform education using performance-based accountability may eventually be applied to teacher education. If so, it poses a potential challenge to those in social foundations as well as to other teacher-educators. Among other things, it requires that we think clearly about our mission and the kinds of effects we would like to have. Some difficulties involved in responding to this challenge are outlined in the following. A conception of the mission of social foundations that makes it…Read more
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4Parts and Wholes: Liberal-Communitarian Tensions in Democratic StatesJournal of Philosophy of Education 41 (3): 445-457. 2007.One source of tension within and between modern nation states derives from conflict between individual and cultural rights. Modern democracies have been built on ideas of individual liberty whose extensions to the rights of culturally distinctive groups to survival and acceptance can create normative and political conflict. Such tensions raise questions about the role of the state, the underlying theory legitimising liberal states, and the social aims of education. Philosophical aspects of such …Read more
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25Review of Jack Russell Weinstein, Adam Smith’s Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and Moral Sentiments (review)Studies in Philosophy and Education 34 (5): 525-529. 2015.Aspects of Adam Smith’s thought are introduced to help evaluate Weinstein’s reconsideration. Where Newton sought universal principles to explain planetary movement, Smith sought universal principles to explain human conduct. His theory of moral sentiments considered the role of sympathetic responses to others, and the resulting desire to harmonize responses in differing relationships, as a motive for moral thinking and conduct. His theory of reasoning explored the roles of pleasure, surprise, an…Read more
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16The editor wishes to thank the following persons for their willingness to serve as manuscript reviewer for the journal between July 2003 and June 2004 (review)Studies in Philosophy and Education 3 (489). 2004.
Stanford University
PhD, 1975
Stanford, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Social Science |
19th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
William James |
Charles Sanders Peirce |
John Dewey |
George Herbert Mead |
Josiah Royce |