An Interview with Israel Scheffler

TLDR: The gallery of scholars as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays from the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, which was founded by Israel Schemer, who is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a founding member of the National Academy of Education and a past president of both the Philosophy of Science Association and the Charles S. Pierce Society.

Abstract: Israel Schemer is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Philosophy Emeritus at Harvard University and Scholar-in-Residence at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, at Brandeis University. He taught philosophy at Harvard from 1952 to 1992 and, from 1983 to 2003, was co-Director, then Director of the Philosophy of Education Research Center there. His main interests lie in the philosophical interpretations of language, symbolism, science, and education. Among his books on these topics are The Language of Education, The Anatomy of Inquiry, Conditions of Knowledge, Science and Subjectivity, Four Pragmatists, Reason and Teaching, Beyond the Letter, Inquiries, Of Human Potential, Teachers of My Youth, In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions, and Symbolic Worlds. He is one of the editors of the recent Visions of Jewish Education and his book, Gallery of Scholars, appeared in 2004. Professor Schemer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a founding member of the National Academy of Education, and a past president of both the Philosophy of Science Association and the Charles S. Pierce Society.