Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon

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George Allan argues that the so-called "culture wars" in higher education are the result of the dogmatic and unyielding certainty that both canonists and anti-canonists bring to any discussion of how best to organize an undergraduate curriculum. He then proposes a middle way. Drawing from William James, John Dewey, and Alfred North Whitehead, he contrasts the absolutist claims of both canonists and anti-canonists with a fallibilist approach and argues...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0791459896

ISBN13:9780791459898

Release Date:February 2004

Publisher:State University of New York Press

Length:262 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"

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