Discursive Thinking Through of Education: Learning from Those Who Transform the Universe (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education)

This book is a contribution to the philosophical discourse on education. Education is considered a tool of philosophy. Education (paideia) and politics (politeia) are equal in importance for building a sustainable society free from feud and unhappiness. Discursive thinking through of education is based on Plato’s dialogues and the results of epistemological, metaphysical and ethical research in the fields of cosmology, sociology and neuroscience. The author demonstrates the potential of the threefold scheme of philosophy, a Platone philosophandi ratio triplex , for ordering individual and collective discourse and way of life in strict accordance with the intelligible complexity of the expanding cosmos. An essential read for students and scholars interested in the crossroad between education and philosophy. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgement Introduction 1. Education in History of Philosophy 1.1. Variety of educational theories 1.2. Research méthodos (“the way to follow”) 1.3. The first stage of discursive thinking through of education: “Created by God” 1.4. The second stage of discursive thinking through of education: “Those who transform the Earth” 2. The “Evolving Matter” Theory and Philosophy of the Cosmos 2.1. What is alētheia? 2.2. The “Evolving matter” theory: The basic provisions 2.3. Philosophy of the cosmos 2.4. The idea tou agathou 3. The Theory of Noogenesis and the Foundations of Ethics 3.1. Current understanding of neuro-evolution 3.2. The subject of neuroscience 3.3. The upward beginning (arkhē) of Ethics 3.4. To gaze on (contemplate) the perceiving/thinking (nóos) 4. The Hominin Form as a Competitive Dúnamai 4.1. The particular trópos of philosophy 4.2. What is the meaningful phúsis of the hominin form? 4.3. What do philosophers do? 4.4. The idea of a man who transforms the Universe Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index This book is a contribution to the philosophical discourse on education. Education is considered as a tool of philosophy. Education (paideia) and politics (politeia) are equal in importance for building a sustainable society free from feud and unhappiness. Discursive thinking through of education is based on Plato’s dialogues and the results of epistemological, metaphysical and ethical research in the fields of cosmology, biology and neuroscience. The author demonstrates the potential of the threefold scheme of philosophy, a Platone philosophandi ratio triplex, for ordering individual and collective discourse and way of life in strict accordance with the intelligible complexity of the expanding cosmos. An essential read for students and scholars interested in the crossroad between education and philosophy.