Knowledge, Teaching and Wisdom

Knowledge, Teaching and Wisdom edited by Keith Lehrer, B.J. Lum, Beverly A. Slichta, N.D. Smith.

This book derives from a 1993 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Knowledge, Teaching, and Wisdom. The Institute took place at the University of California, Berkeley, and was co-directed by Keith Lehrer and Nicholas D. Smith. The aims of the Institute were several: we sought to...

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Other Authors: Lehrer, Keith (Editor), Lum, B.J (Editor), Slichta, Beverly A. (Editor), Smith, N.D (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1996.
Edition:1st ed. 1996.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series, 67
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Philosophy, Ancient.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: “Knowledge, Teaching and Wisdom”
  • 2 “The Aims of the Socratic Elenchos”
  • 3 “What Good is Human Wisdom?”
  • 4: Which “Socratic Method”? Models of Education in Plato’s Dialogues
  • 5: “Socratic Teaching and the Search for Coherence”
  • 6: “The Teaching of Wisdom: The Platonic Model of Teacher as Learner & Teaching as Inquiry”
  • 7: “Wisdom and Ruling in the Republic”
  • 8: “Rediscovering Aquinas’ Concept of Knowledge”
  • 9: “Hume’s Positive Program”
  • 10: Justification and Knowledge
  • 11: Justifying Basic Belief Forming Processes
  • 12: Seeing, Believing and so Forth
  • 13: “Who are You Going to Believe—Me or Your Own Eyes?” The Place of Testimony in Knowledge Acquisition
  • 14: Knowing What You Believe
  • 15: Skepticism, Mitigated Skepticism, And Contextualism
  • 16: Why Don’t Lovers of Wisdom Dare to Love?
  • 17: Three Definitions of Wisdom
  • 18: Wisdom
  • 19: Metaphysical Skepticism and the Teaching of Philosophy
  • 20: Teaching Wisdom
  • 21: The Question of Wisdom in the Contemporary Academy
  • Name Index.

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