Alasdair MacIntyre, rationality and education : against education of our age.: against education of our age. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Stolz, Steven A
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 The Genesis of MacIntyre's Educational Project: A Democratic Culture and Community of Critical Enquiry; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Genesis of MacIntyre's Thinking on Communities Dedicated to a Shared Framework of Humanity and Practical Rationality; 1.3 Breaking the Chains of Apathy and Conformism: Reason and Freedom Are Inseperable to Liberation; 1.4 A Central Aim of Education Concerns the Cultivation of Rationality In and Through a Democratic Culture of Critical Enquiry; 1.5 Conclusion; References 2 MacIntyre's Restoration of Rationality: The Essence of Human Nature Is Reason2.1 Introduction; 2.2 MacIntyre's Theory of Human Action: The Hallmark of Human Agency Is Rationality that Is Made Intelligible Through Purposeful Acts; 2.3 Rationality and the Explanation of Human Agency Through Social Science; 2.4 Conclusion; References; 3 MacIntyre's Enlightenment Educational Ideal: Cultivating Rationality and Contemporary Discourse Through Controversy and Constrained Disagreement; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 MacIntyre's Commitment to an Enlightenment Educational Ideal: Cultivating Independent Enlightened Thinkers3.3 MacIntyre's Theory of Rational Vindication: Dialectical Enquiry, Rational Justification, and Truth; 3.4 Revitalising an Educated Public Through Controversy and Constrained Disagreement: The Place and Role of Universities in Contemporary Society; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 MacIntyre's Educational Project Applied: Cultivating Independent Rational Agents with Virtuous Dispositions; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 MacIntyre on the Primacy of Tradition-Orientated Communities: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues4.3 Against Education of Our Age: Cultivating Independent Reasoners Through Moral Enquiry and Dependency; 4.4 Conclusion; References
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.1; Education; Education -- Philosophy; Reason; Education_xPhilosophy; Critical Thinking; EDUCATION / Essays; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION / Reference; Education -- Philosophy; Reason; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education -- Study Skills; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Education -- Educational Psychology; Philosophy & theory of education; Study & learning skills: general; Sociology; Teaching skills & techniques; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319922768; 3319922769
• Related ISBNs: 9783319922751; 3319922750
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 19, 2018)
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