The main enterprise of the world : rethinking education / Philip Kitcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitcher, Philip, 1947- author.

Series:

Walter A. Strauss lectures in the humanities.

Walter A. Strauss lectures in the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages).

Other Title:

Rethinking education

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Philip Kitcher's 'The Main Enterprise of the World' offers a sweeping vision of the goals of education. Kitcher considers the ways in which schools and universities should advance their goals, explores the social changes required to make high-quality education available to all, and argues that these reforms are economically sustainable. Drawing on figures like Dewey, Mill, Atkinson and others who have written deeply on education, both in theory and in practice, Kitcher offers an extensive reconsideration of how institutions may respond to the deeper need for lifelong human flourishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. Overload

Individuality

Fulfillment

Citizens

Moral Development

A Role for Religion?

Part 2. The Natural Sciences

The Arts

Understanding Ourselves

Part 3. Social Change

Utopia?

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-092899-9

0-19-092900-6

0-19-092898-0

OCLC:

1257402042