âEpistemologyâ - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

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? Solidarity Stories about people Pragmatist: The struggle to shift from objectivity to solidarity (democracy) “Human nature” is, in part, socially constructed over time “t”ruth: what it is good for us to believe (somebody may come up with a better idea) Easy agreement: We call this knowledge Difficult to agree: We call this opinion Objectivity Stories about non-human reality Realists: The search for absolute, non-human truth Absolute knowledge regarding ahistorical human nature “T”ruth as correspondence to reality Forced agreement is allowed If it’s opinion, perhaps disregard it © Copyright 2007-2008 Gayle M. Turner
Key questions to consider from the readings: 1. What is truth as solidarity? 2. Why does the scientist replace the priest? • How do we cease to see the scientist as a priest, but instead as a moral exemplar? • The answers to this question have bearing on how we think of the creators of tests and the analyzers of school performance. • Why does he argue that the only virtue of scientists is moral virtue, not the virtue of rationality? © Copyright 2007-2008 Gayle M. Turner
Page 1 and 2: “Epistemology” The word that me
Page 3 and 4: Thomas Kuhn Author of The Structure
Page 5 and 6: Find the following definitions in
Page 7 and 8: Common notions of the nature of tru
Page 9 and 10: The Boat Metaphor In the 1930s, Ott
Page 11 and 12: What, according to Rorty, is the di
Page 13 and 14: Solidarity Objectivity • Pragmati
Page 15 and 16: Solidarity Objectivity • “t”r
Page 17: Solidarity Objectivity • When it
Page 21 and 22: Use what you’ve learned in FDN 58
Page 23: © Copyright 2007-2008 Gayle M. Tur

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