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123The SAGE handbook of philosophy of education (edited book)SAGE Publication. 2010.This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the philosophy of education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential ...
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54Overcoming Veriphobia - Learning to Love Truth AgainBritish Journal of Educational Studies 49 (2). 2001.Truth has had a hard time in much recent educational and social scientific writing. Veriphobia, the fear of truth, can be witnessed in the work of postmodernists, radical social constructivists, pragmatists, and others. Although it manifests itself in numerous ways, there remain certain frequently appearing symptoms, and these are examined in this paper. It is suggested that the veriphobic stance is inherently self-contradictory. It is also fatal for serious and meaningful research and inquiry. …Read more
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18Meaning, will to meaning, and Frankl’s existential psychiatryPhilosophical Psychology. forthcoming.ABSTRACT Recent decades have witnessed a growing interest in the topic of a meaningful life among philosophers, psychologists, and the general public. Yet despite this interest, the thinker who is perhaps most closely associated with meaning and mental health, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, has been largely overlooked by academic researchers. This article offers some redress to this situation by exploring the status of his central idea, the Will to Meaning, by locating it within contem…Read more
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17Physical educationIn Richard Bailey (ed.), The Sage Handbook of Philosophy of Education, Sage Publication. pp. 467. 2010.
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14Education in the Open Society - Karl Popper and SchoolingRoutledge. 2019.This title was first published in 2000. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Karl Popper, this book provides the first comprehensive examination of the educational implications of his philosophy. Critically exploring key elements of Popper's work, his theory of knowledge, psychology of learning and politics, Richard Bailey also extrapolates an approach to teaching and learning in schools and the wider community.
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10Overcoming Veriphobia – Learning to Love Truth AgainBritish Journal of Educational Studies 49 (2): 159-172. 2001.Truth has had a hard time in much recent educational and social scientific writing. Veriphobia, the fear of truth, can be witnessed in the work of postmodernists, radical social constructivists, pragmatists, and others. Although it manifests itself in numerous ways, there remain certain frequently appearing symptoms, and these are examined in this paper. It is suggested that the veriphobic stance is inherently self-contradictory. It is also fatal for serious and meaningful research and inquiry. …Read more
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3Thomas Kuhn is a rarity. Widely regarded as one of the most influential theorists of the physical sciences, he has also, largely through his concept of the ‘paradigm’, had a sustained effect on the social sciences and education. His classic The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is read and cited by scholars in an astonishing range of disciplines, in part due to its acquired association with progressive social research and practice. This article takes issue with Kuhn’s conceptions of science an…Read more
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