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245 14 a| The main enterprise of the worldh| [electronic resource] :b| rethinking education /c| Philip Kitcher.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2022];

300 a| xiv, 416 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| Walter A. Strauss Lectures in the Humanities;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-406) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Part 1. Overload -- Individuality -- Fulfillment -- Citizens -- Moral Development -- A Role for Religion? -- Part 2. The Natural Sciences -- The Arts -- Understanding Ourselves -- Part 3. Social Change -- Utopia?;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Education ought to be central to our lives - it should be, in Ralph Waldo Emerson's phrase, "the main enterprise of the world." In its broadest sense, education aims at three goals: to enable people to support themselves, to enable them to function as citizens, and to find fulfilment. In our times, changing features of the workplace environment provide opportunities to focus on the latter two goals, and to liberate education from supposed economic constraints. By doing so, we can improve the lives of individuals, and build more solid foundations for democracy. Philip Kitcher's humanistic vision of educational reform is not, however, divorced from the realities of contemporary life nor doomed by any conflict with sound economics. After an accessible discussion of central philosophical questions, he examines the content of the curriculum, the social changes required if a fully adequate education is to be provided to all, and considers how the proposals can be reconciled with financial stability. The Main Enterprise of the World renews classical Pragmatism: with one eye on the ideal, and the other on the world, it presents a picture of education appropriate for our century"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The main enterprise of the world rethinking education / Philip Kitcher.

Author/creator	Kitcher, Philip, 1947-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Description	xiv, 416 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Education--Philosophy.

Series	Walter A. Strauss Lectures in the Humanities
Contents	Introduction -- Part 1. Overload -- Individuality -- Fulfillment -- Citizens -- Moral Development -- A Role for Religion? -- Part 2. The Natural Sciences -- The Arts -- Understanding Ourselves -- Part 3. Social Change -- Utopia?
Abstract	"Education ought to be central to our lives - it should be, in Ralph Waldo Emerson's phrase, "the main enterprise of the world." In its broadest sense, education aims at three goals: to enable people to support themselves, to enable them to function as citizens, and to find fulfilment. In our times, changing features of the workplace environment provide opportunities to focus on the latter two goals, and to liberate education from supposed economic constraints. By doing so, we can improve the lives of individuals, and build more solid foundations for democracy. Philip Kitcher's humanistic vision of educational reform is not, however, divorced from the realities of contemporary life nor doomed by any conflict with sound economics. After an accessible discussion of central philosophical questions, he examines the content of the curriculum, the social changes required if a fully adequate education is to be provided to all, and considers how the proposals can be reconciled with financial stability. The Main Enterprise of the World renews classical Pragmatism: with one eye on the ideal, and the other on the world, it presents a picture of education appropriate for our century"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-406) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021030804
ISBN	9780190928971 (Hardback)
ISBN	(ePub)

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