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Philosophy of Education

Nel Noddings

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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Westview Press A Member of Perseus Books, L.L.C. Dimensions of Philosophy Series All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright ? 1998 by Westview Press, A Member of Perseus Books, L.L.C. Published in 1995 in the United States of America by Westview Press, Inc., 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 803012877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Noddings, Nel Philosophy of education / Nel Noddings p. cm. -- (Dimensions of philosophy series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8133-8429-X. -- ISBN 08133-8430-3 (pbk) 1. Education--Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series. LB15. 7. N63 1995 370 . 1--dc20 95-8820 CIP Printed and bound in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39. 48-1984. 10 9 8 7 6

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

1 Philosophy of Education Before the Twentieth Century ......................................................................... 9

Socrates and Plato

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Aristotle

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Rousseau

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Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 21

2 The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey................................................................. 22

Dewey's Philosophical Orientation

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The Meaning and Aims of Education

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Dewey's Psychology

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Dewey's Theory of Knowledge

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Democracy and Education

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The Place of Subject Matter

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Dewey Today: An Assessment

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 33

3 Analytic Philosophy ................................................................................................................................... 34

Philosophical Analysis in Education

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The Analysis of Teaching

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Current Analyses of Teaching

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 43

4 Continental Philosophy ............................................................................................................................. 44

Existentialism

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Phenomenology

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Critical Theory

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Hermeneutics

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Postmodernism

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 56

5 Logic and Critical Thinking...................................................................................................................... 57

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Formal Logic

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Informal Logic

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McPeck's View of Critical Thinking

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An Alternative Approach

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 69

6 Epistemology and Education .................................................................................................................... 70

Justified True Belief

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Foundationalism

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Truth

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Nonfoundational Theories of Knowledge

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Epistemology and Education

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Constructivism

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 84

7 Philosophy of Social Science and Educational Research ........................................................................ 85

How Does Science Grow?

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A Debate in Educational Research

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Some Examples

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ....................................................................................................................... 94

8 Ethics and Moral Education ........................................................................................................................... 95

Pre-Enlightenment Ethics

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Enlightenment Ethics

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Utilitarianism

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Deweyan Ethics

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Moral Education

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Cognitive Developmentalism

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ..................................................................................................................... 110

9 Social and Political Philosophy ............................................................................................................... 111

The Current Debate

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Justice and Equality in Education

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Inequalities in Physical Resources

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Inequalities in Basic Relationships

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Curricular Inequalities

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ..................................................................................................................... 123

10 Feminism, Philosophy, and Education............................................................................................... 124

Feminist Critiques of Philosophy

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Epistemology

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Philosophy of Social Science

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Ethics

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Care and Education

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Summary Questions

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Introduction to the Literature ..................................................................................................................... 136

Epilogue ............................................................................................................................................................. 137

Notes

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Bibliography

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About the Book and Author

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