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This article responds to Johan Dahlbeck’s ‘Towards a pure ontology: Children’s bodies and morality’ (Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 46 (1), 2014, pp. 8–23). His arguments from Nietzsche and Spinoza do not carry the weight he... more
This article responds to Johan Dahlbeck’s ‘Towards a pure ontology: Children’s bodies and morality’ (Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 46 (1), 2014, pp. 8–23). His arguments from Nietzsche and Spinoza do not carry the weight he supposes, and the conclusions he draws from them about pedagogy would be ill-advised in practice.
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Australia lost one of its finest philosophers and logicians when Charles Hamblin, Head of the School of Philosophy at the University of NSW, died on 14th May, 1985. Charles was perhaps best known among philosophers as the author of... more
Australia lost one of its finest philosophers and logicians when Charles Hamblin, Head of the School of Philosophy at the University of NSW, died on 14th May, 1985. Charles was perhaps best known among philosophers as the author of Fallacies, his contribution to the theory ...
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Bias is something we all deplore, and which is especially deprecated when it appears in the classroom. A teacher, a textbook, a course of study should not be biased. Some, we are concerned to discover, are biased. But what is bias in this... more
Bias is something we all deplore, and which is especially deprecated when it appears in the classroom. A teacher, a textbook, a course of study should not be biased. Some, we are concerned to discover, are biased. But what is bias in this classroom sense, and why is it wrong? Are ...
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10 The English Literature Curriculum: Some Changes Jim Mackenzie Introduction The typical history of an educational idea is something like this: a researcher observes a class of thirty children all chanting facts such as the principal... more
10 The English Literature Curriculum: Some Changes Jim Mackenzie Introduction The typical history of an educational idea is something like this: a researcher observes a class of thirty children all chanting facts such as the principal exports of Norway by rote. What an absurd waste ...
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... 1912; Miller, 1955; Smyth, 1987). ... Mikey Weinstein recently formed the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to defend members of the US armed forces from official pressure not only to become Christians but to subscribe to one... more
... 1912; Miller, 1955; Smyth, 1987). ... Mikey Weinstein recently formed the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to defend members of the US armed forces from official pressure not only to become Christians but to subscribe to one particular style of evangelical Protestantism ...
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What is here advocated is the use of multiple-choice exercises in philosophy courses. This, to many people, is sufficiently absurd to be rejected at sight, despite the familiar advantages of such tests such as ease of marking. Philosophy,... more
What is here advocated is the use of multiple-choice exercises in philosophy courses. This, to many people, is sufficiently absurd to be rejected at sight, despite the familiar advantages of such tests such as ease of marking. Philosophy, they object, is too (how should one put ...
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It is generally thought desirable that citizens should be able to think critically; a rough measure of the quality of education in a community is that it is inversely proportional to the sales of von Daniken's works. In this respect... more
It is generally thought desirable that citizens should be able to think critically; a rough measure of the quality of education in a community is that it is inversely proportional to the sales of von Daniken's works. In this respect there is reason to be concerned that our education ...
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... Reason and Rationality By Jon Elster, trans. by Simon Rendall. JIM MACKENZIE. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00747.x. ... More content like this. Find more content: like this article. Find... more
... Reason and Rationality By Jon Elster, trans. by Simon Rendall. JIM MACKENZIE. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00747.x. ... More content like this. Find more content: like this article. Find more content written by: JIM MACKENZIE. ...
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This paper is concerned with the internal functioning of educational theory as a discur-sive practice, with what we say and how we say it in discussing education. It is an attempt to understand two things. The first is that a technical... more
This paper is concerned with the internal functioning of educational theory as a discur-sive practice, with what we say and how we say it in discussing education. It is an attempt to understand two things. The first is that a technical term which was once fairly clear and ...
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In his recent paper, Winch (1 997) attacks a group of theories he calls cognitivisnz. These theories agree in holding that 'the ability to think, both consciously and subconsciously, amounts to an ability to internally manipulate... more
In his recent paper, Winch (1 997) attacks a group of theories he calls cognitivisnz. These theories agree in holding that 'the ability to think, both consciously and subconsciously, amounts to an ability to internally manipulate symbolic representa-tions of that which we think about' (p. ...
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Mark Mason, in his 'A Justification, After the Postmodern Turn, of Universal Ethical Principles and Educational Ideals' Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37 (2005), attempts to justify transcultural multiculturalism. In this... more
Mark Mason, in his 'A Justification, After the Postmodern Turn, of Universal Ethical Principles and Educational Ideals' Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37 (2005), attempts to justify transcultural multiculturalism. In this paper I argue that he fails to refute moral relativism, ...
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Richard Bailey has chosen a variety of thinkers for the Continuum Library of Educational Thought, each of whom illustrates the importance of theorising for education. Plato must have been an obvious choice for one of the thinkers, and... more
Richard Bailey has chosen a variety of thinkers for the Continuum Library of Educational Thought, each of whom illustrates the importance of theorising for education. Plato must have been an obvious choice for one of the thinkers, and Robin Barrow, author thirty years ...
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This book is a collection of Robert Pinto's papers on informal logic over seventeen years, each reprinted unchanged (except for reference style and the correction of typos), together with a new essay. This format is very useful for... more
This book is a collection of Robert Pinto's papers on informal logic over seventeen years, each reprinted unchanged (except for reference style and the correction of typos), together with a new essay. This format is very useful for scholars in the field, who now have a ...
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... If some participants are known to pay special attention to and to keep systematic records of uses of language lexi-cographers, for example then what they say about senses of words may be listened to with extra respect. ... 228 JIM... more
... If some participants are known to pay special attention to and to keep systematic records of uses of language lexi-cographers, for example then what they say about senses of words may be listened to with extra respect. ... 228 JIM MACKENZIE Page 7. ...
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Teachers of biology and related subjects are increasingly meeting objections from students and their parents to the teaching of evolution and the exclusion of what is called the theory of Intelligent Design. This paper attempts to draw... more
Teachers of biology and related subjects are increasingly meeting objections from students and their parents to the teaching of evolution and the exclusion of what is called the theory of Intelligent Design. This paper attempts to draw together arguments and evidence which may be ...
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This paper consists of a story about unorthodox assessment procedures in theology, and a discussion of their implications. Among the issues raised are the possibility of testing values, the relationship of test validity to test... more
This paper consists of a story about unorthodox assessment procedures in theology, and a discussion of their implications. Among the issues raised are the possibility of testing values, the relationship of test validity to test reliability and ethical questions involved in assessment.
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Charles Hamblin's book Fallacies has been widely read and widely ac-claimed. But criticism is the stuff of philosophy, and it is therefore wel-come to read Ralph H. Johnson's criticisms of it (1990a, 1990b, 1991), especially... more
Charles Hamblin's book Fallacies has been widely read and widely ac-claimed. But criticism is the stuff of philosophy, and it is therefore wel-come to read Ralph H. Johnson's criticisms of it (1990a, 1990b, 1991), especially since they reveal that much of the acclamation for ...
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... the ideal of a University is not so much knowledge, as power. ... In their Editorial for the recent special issue of Educational Philosophy and The0 y on The Philosophy of the Subject,' Michael Peters, James Marshall and Patrick... more
... the ideal of a University is not so much knowledge, as power. ... In their Editorial for the recent special issue of Educational Philosophy and The0 y on The Philosophy of the Subject,' Michael Peters, James Marshall and Patrick Fitzsimons (hereafter PM&F) commend to us the ...
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Michael Hand (2002) is concerned that there is a logical problem about religious education. No religious beliefs are known to be true, none has been proved, and to deny this would return us to a medieval dogmatism (Hand mentions Aquinas,... more
Michael Hand (2002) is concerned that there is a logical problem about religious education. No religious beliefs are known to be true, none has been proved, and to deny this would return us to a medieval dogmatism (Hand mentions Aquinas, p. 550this and ensuing page ...
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Logical guarantees of validity must be understood as subject to the proviso that no equivocation is committed. But we do not have a formal theory of equivocation. This paper attempts to formulate rules for responding to equivocal... more
Logical guarantees of validity must be understood as subject to the proviso that no equivocation is committed. But we do not have a formal theory of equivocation. This paper attempts to formulate rules for responding to equivocal arguments in the context of ...