Auteur: Professor Paul Fairfield

Since Michael Oakeshott spoke of education as initiation into  »the conversation of mankind » more than fifty years ago, the idea has inspired a diverse array of thinkers and continues to be invoked …

Since Michael Oakeshott spoke of education as initiation into  »the conversation of mankind » more than fifty years ago, the idea has inspired a diverse array of thinkers and continues to be invoked …

Philosophical hermeneutics has rich implications for the theory and practice of education, yet the topic has often been ignored. Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics takes a variety of principles and …

In this important new study, Paul Fairfield examines a number of issues of central importance to philosophical hermeneutics. His aim is less to reexamine the basic hypotheses of hermeneutics (Gadamer …

In this important new study, Paul Fairfield examines a number of issues of central importance to philosophical hermeneutics. His aim is less to reexamine the basic hypotheses of hermeneutics (Gadamer …

This study re-examines John Dewey’s philosophy of education, and asks how well it stands up today in view of developments in Continental European philosophy. …

Philosophical hermeneutics has rich implications for the theory and practice of education, yet the topic has often been ignored. Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics takes a variety of principles and …