C.S. Lewis : a philosophy of education / Steven R. Loomis and Jacob P. Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loomis, Steven R.

Contributor:

Rodriguez, Jacob P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Civilization, Western--Philosophy.

Civilization, Western.

Civilization, Modern--1950---Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Philosophy.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Abolition of man.

Lewis, C. S.

Physical Description:

viii, 234 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

In this book about the philosophy of education, Loomis and Rodriguez carefully examine the first principles of theoretical and practical reason necessary for human development and flourishing. Collaborating with the genius of C.S. Lewis, and particularly his brilliant work The Abolition of Man, the authors present a multi-facetted, interdisciplinary investigation of perennial questions that impact human development and freedom. This in-depth work offers a clear counter-direction for higher and lower forms of education (and other social institutions) that includes the ontological, epistemological, and moral conditions for the proper functioning of the institution of education as a whole.

Contents:

Introduction 1

Reason and Nature 1

Models of Thought 10

Fear, Risk, and Models 13

The Principle of Substitution 23

The Outline of the Book 29

1 The Bloodless Institution 31

The Importance of the Social Institution to C.S.Lewis 31

The Idea of Proper Function and the Social Institution 36

The Insufficiency of the Non-teleological Account of Social Institutions 42

The Ontology of Social Institutions: A Preliminary Statement 45

Growth and the Social Institution 56

The Institution, the Substitution, and the Public Domain 57

2 The Ontology of Education as an Institution 67

The Social Institution and the Model and Attribute of Growth 67

Closed Growth as a Model of Thought 75

Growth as an Attribute of Social Institutions 93

Conclusion 99

3 The Epistemological Disabilities of Growth: How Expanding Markets Exchange Knowledge for Ignorance 101

The Quest for Uniformity in the Mass Producing Age 105

The Technical Image of Philosophical Naturalism 109

The Irresistible Technique 115

4 Educational Sustainability and the Obsolete Man 127

Man and the Expanding Domain of Nature 127

The Choice - Decision Distinction 131

The Division of Rationality from Reason 138

The Sustainability of Education as an Institution 147

Conclusion: With or Without the Tao 155

5 Reason before Nature: The Possibility of Education 159

Nature, Education, and Freedom 159

Knowledge is Supernatural 163

Naturalism, Dewey, and the Central Offense of the Tao 173

The Collective or the Body: A Reevaluation of the Social Contract and the Education Good 185

Conclusion 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

023060577X

9780230605770

OCLC:

313077549

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