C.S. Lewis A Philosophy of Education
Collaborating with the genius of C.S. Lewis, and particularly his brilliant work The Abolition of Man, the authors offer a multi-facetted, interdisciplinary investigation of perennial questions that impact human development and freedom.
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C.S. LE W I S A Philosophy of Education
Steven R. Loomis and Jacob P. Rodriguez
C.S. LEWIS: A PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Copyright © Steven R. Loomis and Jacob P. Rodriguez, 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-60577-0 All rights reserved. Cover by Mark Epler and photograph by Steven Loomis First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States - a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-37311-6 ISBN 978-0-230-10058-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230100589 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: 2009
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List of Sidebars
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Reason and Nature Models of Thought Fear, Risk, and Models The Principle of Substitution The Outline of the Book
1 The Bloodless Institution The Importance of the Social Institution to C.S. Lewis The Idea of Proper Function and the Social Institution The Insufficiency of the Non-teleological Account of Social Institutions The Ontology of Social Institutions: A Preliminary Statement Growth and the Social Institution The Institution, the Substitution, and the Public Domain
2 The Ontology of Education as an Institution The Social Institution and the Model and Attribute of Growth Closed Growth as a Model of Thought Growth as an Attribute of Social Institutions Conclusion
3 T h e E p i s t e m o l o g i c a l D i s a b i l i t i e s o f G r o w t h: How Expanding Markets Exchange Knowledge for Ignorance The Quest for Uniformity in the Mass Producing Age The Technical Image of Philosophical Naturalism The Irresistible Technique
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4 Educational Sustainability and the Obsolete Man Man and the Expanding Domain of Nature The Choice – Decision Distinction The Division of Rationality from Reason The Sustainability of Education as an Institution Conclusion: With or Without the Tao
5 Reason before Nature: The Possibility of Education Nature, Education, and Freedom Knowledge is Supernatural Naturalism, Dewey, and the Central Offense of the Tao The Collective or the Body: A Reevaluation of the Social Contract and the Education Good Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Li s t o f S i d e b a r s
Sidebar The Principle of Ontological Correspondence Sidebar The P
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