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  • REASON AND TEACHING (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    This title, first published in 1973, brings together a variety of papers by Israel Scheffler, one of America’s leading educational philosophers. The essays each stress the importance of critical thought and independent judgement to the organization of educational activities. In the first section, Scheffler adopts a metaphilosophical approach, emphasizing the role of philosophy ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE ANATOMY OF INQUIRY (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    First published in 1963, this title considers the philosophical problems encountered when attempting to provide a clear and general explanation of scientific principles, and the basic confrontation between such principles and experience. Beginning with a detailed introduction that considers various approaches to the philosophy and theory of science, Israel Scheffler then divide...

    $860.00

  • FOUR PRAGMATISTS
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    First published in 1974, this book is a critical introduction to the work of four quintessential pragmatist philosophers: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, George Herbert Mead and John Dewey. Alongside providing a general historical and biographical account of the pragmatist movement, the work offers an in depth critical response to the philosophical doctrines of the four ...

    $1,160.00

  • OF HUMAN POTENTIAL (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    The concept of potential plays a prominent role in the thinking of parents, educators and planners the world over. Although this concept accurately reflects central features of human nature, its current use perpetuates traditional myths of fixity, harmony and value, calculated to cause untold mischief in social and educational practice. First published in 1985, Israel Scheffler...

    $1,260.00

  • BEYOND THE LETTER (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    Ambiguity, vagueness and metaphor are pervasive features of language, deserving of systematic study in their own right. Yet they have frequently been considered mere deviations from ideal language or obstacles to be avoided in the construction of scientific systems. First published in 1979, Beyond the Letter offers a consecutive study of these features from a philosphical point...

    $1,320.00

  • IN PRAISE OF THE COGNITIVE EMOTIONS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays – all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty or a mechanism of inference but taken rather as the capactity to grasp principles an...

    $1,260.00

  • INQUIRIES
    ISRAEL SCHEFFLER
    "This book not only offers bold solutions to core problems in the philosophy of science, its clear and careful presentations of the issues make it an excellent book for introducing students to these topics." --Robert Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "Inquiries brings together important philosophical papers on language, science...

    $852.00