The pervasiveness of the rational-conceptual: an educational-philosophical perspective on nature, world and ‘sustainable development’
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In this paper, Bonnett's educational rehabilitation of nature, which might be called a metaphysically-metaphysical rehabilitation of the natural world, is described. But it does not address the issue of our relationship with nature.Abstract:
At the heart of our current environmental predicament lies the issue of our relationship with nature. Michael Bonnett’s educational rehabilitation of nature, which might be called a ‘metaphysical’ ...read more
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Book Review: Children's Thinking: Promoting Understanding in the Primary SchoolBonnettMichaelChildren's Thinking: Promoting Understanding in the Primary SchoolCassell1994 pb 192pp £15.99ISBN 0-304-32937-1
The Many Faces of Philosophy of Education: Traditions, Problems and Challenges. Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Network of Philosophers of Education
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Practical Rationality in Education: Beyond the Hirst–Carr Debate
TL;DR: The authors argue that neither theoretical nor practical rationality can be intelligible apart from the other, and that rational conceptuality in a relevant sense pervades not only deliberation and propositional thinking but also perception and embodied coping skills.
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Rationality environmentalised (with and beyond Michael Bonnett)
TL;DR: Bonnett's Environmental Consciousness (2021) as mentioned in this paper is an extension of the phenomenology of nature inaugurated in his previous work Retrieving Nature (2004) and is a sequel to Children's Thinking (1994).
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The Return of the Myth of the Mental
TL;DR: McDowell's claim that "in mature human beings, embodied coping is permeated with mindedness" suggests a new version of the mentalist myth which, like the others, is untrue to the phenomenon.
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Education for Sustainable Development: A Coherent Philosophy for Environmental Education?.
TL;DR: The authors examines some of the ambiguities and tensions that exist within this notion and suggests that its considerable attractions may be outweighed by its lack of clarity with regard to a range of fundamental values and principles which motivate environmental concern.
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Retrieving Nature: Education for a Post-Humanist Age
TL;DR: In this paper, a Tangled web of metaphysics, education and environmental concern is presented. But it does not address the question of the nature's intrinsic value, and the nature as our primordial reality.