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    Parts and wholes: Liberal-communitarian tensions in democratic states
    Journal 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
  •  24
    Book Review Section 1 (review)
    with James W. Garrison, Joseph R. Mckinney, Mary E. Henry, Angela Hurley, Samuel Totten, Brett Webb-Mitchell, James C. Albisetti, Faustine C. Jones-Wilson, and Harvey Neufeldt
    Educational Studies 22 (1): 15-65. 1991.
  •  23
    Review 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
  •  16
    The 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)
    with Bernadette Baker, Randal Curren, Paul Farber, Lynn Fendler, James Garrison, Jim Giarelli, David Granger, David Hansen, and Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon
    Studies in Philosophy and Education 3 (489). 2004.
  •  16
    Reality Construction and Aesthetics: Essay ReviewWays of Worldmaking
    with Nelson Goodman
    Journal of Aesthetic Education 13 (4): 109. 1979.
  •  14
    Addressing the Social Foundations "Accountability" Dilemma
    Educational 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
  •  12
    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
  •  11
    The Sociology of Teaching
    with Sue Ellen Henry
    Educational Studies 27 (1): 1-14. 1996.
  •  4
    Opposing Dualism and Remembering Responsibility
    Philosophy of Education 73 203-206. 2017.
  •  4
    William James and Education
    with James W. Garrison and Ronald Podeschi
    . 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
  •  3
    Parts and Wholes: Liberal-Communitarian Tensions in Democratic States
    Journal 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
  •  3
    How to Make Our Ideas of Indoctrination Clear
    Philosophy of Education 65 375-378. 2009.
  •  1
    What Kind of Inquiry Today?
    Philosophy of Education 68 196-198. 2012.
  •  1
    Beyond Saints and Canons
    Philosophy of Education 72 414-416. 2016.
  •  1
    Getting Beyond the Intellectual Comfort Zone
    Philosophy of Education 67 328-330. 2011.