| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) |
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American Philosophy |
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American philosophy.
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| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE Philosophy as the education of grownups""; ""PART ONE Entries in the education of grownups""; ""TWO The fact/value dichotomy and its critics""; ""THREE Encountering cavell""; ""PART TWO Skepticism and language""; ""FOUR Skepticism, acknowledgment, and the ownership of learning""; ""FIVE Sensual schooling""; ""PART THREE moral perfectionism and education""; ""SIX Voice and the interrogation of philosophy""; ""SEVEN Perfectionism�s educational address""; ""EIGHT The gleam of light""; ""NINE The ordinary as sublime in cavell, zen, and nishida""; ""Coda"" |
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""TEN Philosophy as education""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
What could it mean to speak of philosophy as 'the education of grownups'? This book takes Cavell's enigmatic phrase as a provocation to explore the themes of education that run throughout his work - from his response to Wittgenstein, Austin and ordinary-language philosophy, to his readings of Thoreau |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cavell, Stanley, 1926-2018
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| SUBJECT |
Cavell, Stanley, 1926-2018 fast |
| Subject |
Education -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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philosophy.
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Education -- Philosophy
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Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Standish, Paul
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| ISBN |
9780823253661 |
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082325366X |
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