Fictionalism: The Art of Teaching Truth Disguised as Lies - Johan Dahlbeck

Fictionalism: The Art of Teaching Truth Disguised as Lies

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Buch | Softcover
118 Seiten
2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-68980-0 (ISBN)
83,45 inkl. MwSt
Fictionalism confronts the dual epistemological nature of education. In this book, Johan Dahlbeck argues that all education, at bottom, concerns a striving for truth initiated through fictions. This foundational aporia is interrogated via Vaihinger’s philosophy of ‘as if’ and Spinoza’s exemplarism.
Fictionalism confronts the dual epistemological nature of education. In this book, Johan Dahlbeck argues that all education, at bottom, concerns a striving for truth initiated through fictions. This foundational aporia is then interrogated and made sense of via Hans Vaihinger’s philosophy of ‘as if’ and Spinoza’s peculiar form of exemplarism. Using a variety of fictional examples, Dahlbeck investigates the different dimensions of educational fictionalism, from teacher exemplarism to the basic educational fictions necessary for getting started in education in the first place. Fictionalism will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of education.

Johan Dahlbeck, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Education at Malmö University, Sweden. He has published several monographs and articles in different areas of philosophy of education, including Education and Free Will (Routledge, 2018) and Spinoza: Fiction and Manipulation in Civic Education (Springer, 2021).

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 SECTION 1: BEGINNINGS


 Introduction: A Truth Concealed Beneath a Beautiful Lie


 1 Emotional Manipulation and Affective Influence: A Philosophical Account


 2 Hans Vaihinger’s ‘As If’ and the Promotion of Educational Fictions


 3 Taking a Cue from Spinoza’s Exemplars


 Conclusion: The End of the Beginning


 SECTION 2: EXAMPLES


 Introduction: Three Examples, Three Lessons (in Educational Fictionalism)


 4 Learning from Satan’s Mistake: Epistemological Restrictions and Imaginative Openings


 5 Recollecting Mr. Möller’s Transformative Gesture: Looking Back to Move Ahead


 6 Popular Images of Teachers: Control Freaks or Lovers of the Unknown?


 Conclusion: These Examples Are Nothing but Fictions


 SECTION 3: ENDINGS


 Introduction: The Beginning of the End


 7 Educational Fictionalism and the Teaching of Truth Disguised as Lies


 Conclusion: Acting ‘As If’ We Knew Where We Were Going


 Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 226 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Bildungstheorie
ISBN-10 90-04-68980-X / 900468980X
ISBN-13 978-90-04-68980-0 / 9789004689800
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