Wittgenstein, Education and the Problem of Rationality

by Michael A. Peters

Book Overview

This book develops an argument for a historicist and non-foundationalist notion of rationality based on an interpretation of Wittgenstein of the Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty. The book examines two notions of rationality--a universal versus a constitutive conception - and their significance for educational theory. The former advanced by analytic philosophy of education as a form of conceptual analysis is based on a mistaken reading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811599742
• ISBN13: 9789811599743
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"