Auteur: Harvey Siegel

Philosophy of education has an honored place in the history of Western philosophical thought. Its questions are as vital now, both philosophically and practically, as they have ever been. In recent d …

First Published in 1988. The critical thinking movement is increasingly important in the philosophy of education. Beginning from the generally accepted view that children should be taught to reason, …

First Published in 1988. The critical thinking movement is increasingly important in the philosophy of education. Beginning from the generally accepted view that children should be taught to reason, …

In Educating Reason, Harvey Siegel presented the case regarding rationality and critical thinking as fundamental education ideals. In Rationality Redeemed?, a collection of essays written since that …

In Educating Reason, Harvey Siegel presented the case regarding rationality and critical thinking as fundamental education ideals. In Rationality Redeemed?, a collection of essays written since that …

No fight over what gets taught in American classrooms is more heated than the battle over humanity’s origins. For more than a century we have argued about evolutionary theory and creationism (and its …

Education’s Epistemology extends and further defends Harvey Siegel’s "reasons conception" of critical thinking. It analyzes and emphasizes both the epistemic quality, and the dispositions a …

Education’s Epistemology extends and further defends Harvey Siegel’s "reasons conception" of critical thinking. It analyzes and emphasizes both the epistemic quality, and the dispositions a …