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Author Williams, Emma, 1984 May 14- author.

Title The ways we think : from the straits of reason to the possibilities of thought / Emma Williams
Published Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2016

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Series The Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series
Journal of philosophy of education book series.
Contents Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Today's Thinking: Following the Lines of Rationalism ; INTRODUCTION; THE POLICY AND PRACTICE OF THINKING; Thinking in Educational Policy; Thinking in Practice; Some Initial Questions; THINKING IN THEORY; Introduction; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Richer than Rationalism?; Philosophy for Children; Philosophy in Schools; Summary; THE SUBJECT OF THOUGHT; Thinking as Representation; The Thinking Subject; THE EXPERIENCE OF THINKING; Possible Challenges; A Phenomenological Route; Overview of Book; NOTES
Chapter 2 A Brief Detour: 'Authentic' and 'Poetic' Thinking INTRODUCTION; AUTHENTIC THINKING; POETIC THINKING; PROBLEMS WITH BONNETT'S ACCOUNT; Problems with Authentic Thinking; Problems with Poetic Thinking; BEYOND BONNETT; NOTES ; Chapter 3 'Ahead of All Beaten Tracks': Ryle, Heidegger, and the Ways of Thinking ; 'AHEAD OF ALL BEATEN TRACKS'; A SHARED PATH; Introduction; Ryle's Positive Reception of Phenomenology; Heidegger's Indebtedness to Husserl; Ryle Contra Phenomenology; Heidegger's Critique of Husserl; Summary; AT THE CROSSROADS; Introduction; Ryle's Interpretation of Heidegger
The Knowledge ObjectionThe Charge of Subjectivism; FORGING A NEW PATH; Introduction; Being-in-the-World Reconsidered ; Returning to Ryle; Meaning and Interpretation; Truth as Disclosure and Truth as Correctness; RYLE REVISITED; WAYS OF THINKING; NOTES ; Chapter 4 A Way Beyond: Thinking Responsibly with Heidegger ; INTRODUCTION; THE TURN TO LANGUAGE; Language in Question; Language as Representation; Language as Productive; Language and Poiesis; Revealing and Concealing; A WAY BEYOND; Beyond Subjectivism; The Context of Disclosure; Responsiveness, Not Resignation; An Example
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THINKINGImplications and Consequences; Example One: The Cabinet Maker's Apprentice; Example Two: The Jug and the Fourfold; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Chapter 5 Following the Sign: Derrida and the Language of Thought ; INTRODUCTION; A THEMATIC POINT; ROUTE ONE: PAST STRUCTURALISM; Traditional View of Signs; Sassurean Foundations; Glimpsing the Opening; DERRIDA'S ACCOUNT OF SIGNS; Saussure's Relapse; Derrida's Critique; Writing and 'Arche-Writing' ; TWO KEY NOTIONS; Difference and Differance; The Metaphysics of Presence; CONCLUSION; NOTES
Chapter 6 Out of the Ordinary: Incorporating Limits with Derrida and Austin INTRODUCTION; AUSTIN; From Descriptions to Performatives; Meaning, Thoughts, and Contexts; Summary; RETRACING DERRIDA; Loose Ends; Austin's Exclusions; 'So What?' Objections; Ditches and Differences; CAVELL'S CRITIQUE; Introducing Cavell; Cavell's Challenge; Responding to Cavell; Cavell Reconsidered; OUT OF THE ORDINARY; NOTES; Chapter 7 The Way Before the Way Before: Crossing Paths with Heidegger and Derrida ; INTRODUCTION; PRELIMINARY THREADS; EARLY; Spirit of)Being and Time; The Question of the Question; MIDDLE
Summary The Ways We Think critiques predominant approaches to the development of thinking in education and seeks to offer a new account of thought informed by phenomenology, post-structuralism and the ‘ordinary language’ philosophical traditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Critical thinking.
Education.
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Critical thinking
Education
Form Electronic book
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