The Ways We Think: From the Straits of Reason to the Possibilities of Thought (Journal of Philosophy of Education)

by Emma Williams

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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
  • ISBN10 1119129567
  • ISBN13 9781119129561
  • Publish Date 5 February 2016 (first published 14 December 2015)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English