PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy East / West
Textbook
Exploring Intersections between Educational and Contemplative Practices Oren Ergas & Sharon Todd
✤✤ Philosophy East/West showcases new scholarship in the philosophy of education and contemplative studies, paying particular attention to the intersection of mindfulness, evidence-based science, and wisdom traditions ✤✤ Moves beyond simplistic explanations of “Eastern” and “Western” to explore the complexity and diversity of various wisdom traditions ✤✤ Investigates the effect of mindfulness-based curricular interventions on current educational theory and practice ✤✤ Uses insights from important Western philosophers – including Heidegger, Levinas, and Foucault – to situate contemplative practice within contemporary educational theory ✤✤ Emphasizes the importance of transcultural and intercultural approaches in the philosophy of education
ISBN 111914733-6
9 781119 147336
Print ISBN: 978-1-119-14733-6 (Paper) US$34.95 • Dec 2015 • 224PP
The Ways We Think
From the Straits of Reason to the Possibilities of Thought Emma Williams
✤✤ 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 ✤✤ Presents an original account of thinking for education and explores how this alternative conception of thought might be translated into the classroom ✤✤ Explores connections between phenomenology, post-structuralism and ordinary language philosophical traditions ✤✤ Examines the relevance of language in accounts of how we think ✤✤ Investigates the philosophical accounts of Gilbert Ryle, Martin Heidegger, John Austin and Jacques Derrida ✤✤ Draws upon experience of own teaching practice as philosopher-in-residence
ISBN 111912956-7
9 781119 129561
Print ISBN: 978-1-119-12956-1 (Paper) US$34.95 • JAN 2016 • 288PP
Philosophy of Science
Philosophies of the Sciences
Textbook
A Guide
Fritz Allhoff
✤✤ A collection of essays discussing a wide range of sciences and the central philosophical issues associated with them, presenting the sciences collectively to encourage a greater understanding of their associative theoretical foundations, as well as their relationships to each other ✤✤ Offers a new and unique approach to studying and comparing the philosophies of a variety of scientific disciplines ✤✤ Explores a wide variety of individual sciences, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology and economics ✤✤ The essays are written by leading scholars in a highly accessible style for the student audience ✤✤ Complements more traditional studies of philosophy of science Print ISBN: 978-1-119-14481-6 (Paper) US$39.95 • Nov 2015 • 384PP
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ISBN 111914481-7
9 781119 144816