Plato’s Socrates, Philosophy and Education

Plato’s Socrates, Philosophy and Education by James M. Magrini.

This book develops for the readers Plato’s Socrates’ non-formalized “philosophical practice” of learning-through-questioning in the company of others. In doing so, the writer confronts Plato’s Socrates, in the words of John Dewey, as the “dramatic, restless, cooperatively inquiring philosopher"...

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Main Author: Magrini, James M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs on Key Thinkers in Education,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Education—Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Teaching.
Learning.
Instruction.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Doctrinal and Non-Doctrinal Interpretations of Plato and Plato’s Socrates
  • Chapter One: Plato’s Socrates: The Issues of Pedagogy and Knowledge of the Virtues
  • Chapter Two: The Ontological Context of the Human Condition Original Socratic Questions and the Paradox of Learning
  • The Unfolding of the Elenchus-Dialectic as “Educative” Event Instantiating an Ethical Disposition Through Socratic Dialogue
  • Epilogue: Learning From Plato’s Socrates.

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