Carter, J. A. (2020) Cognitive goods, open futures and the epistemology of education. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54(2), 449-466-449-466. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.12420)
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Abstract
What cognitive goods do children plausibly have a right to in an education? In attempting to answer this question, I begin with a puzzle centred around Feinberg’s (2007) observation that a denial of certain cognitive goods can violate a child’s right to an open future. I show that propositionalist, dispositionalist and objectualist characterisations of the kinds of cognitive goods children have a right to run in to problems. A promising alternative is then proposed and defended, one that is inspired in the main by Wittgenstein’s (1969) ‘hinge’ epistemology as developed in his posthumous On Certainty.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Carter, Professor J Adam |
| Authors: | Carter, J. A. |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Philosophy of Education |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0309-8249 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1467-9752 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Philosophy of Education 54(2):449-466 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence |
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