Epistemology And Practice

Author : Anne Warfield Rawls
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521112362

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Epistemology and Practice by Anne Warfield Rawls Pdf

Anne Warfield Rawls argues that, although Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religion is the crowning achievement of his sociological accomplishments, it has been consistently misunderstood. Rather than a work on primitive religion or the sociology of knowledge, Rawls asserts that Durkheim's analysis represents an attempt to establish a unique epistemological basis for the study of sociology and moral relations. Based on detailed analysis of the primary text, this book will be an important and original contribution to contemporary debates on social theory and philosophy.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9389165741

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Anthropology and Science by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global 'places' created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means to be human. The essays analyze the politics and ethics of positioning 'science', 'culture' or 'society' as authoritative. They explore how certain modes of knowing are made authoritative and command allegiance (or not), and look at scientific and other rationalities - whether these challenge or are compatible with science.

Author : Lisa D. Bendixen,Florian C. Feucht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521883559

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Personal Epistemology in the Classroom by Lisa D. Bendixen,Florian C. Feucht Pdf

This book presents theoretical and empirical work pertaining to personal epistemology in the classroom and consider its broader educational implications.

Author : Jack Sidnell
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027253854

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Talk and Practical Epistemology by Jack Sidnell Pdf

Drawing on the methods of conversation analysis and ethnography, this book sets out to examine the epistemological practices of Indo-Guyanese villagers as these are revealed in their talk and daily conduct. Based on over eighty-five hours of conversation recorded during twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork, the book describes both the social distribution of knowledge and the villagers' methods for distinguishing between fact and fancy, knowledge and belief through close analyses of particular encounters. The various chapters consider uncertainty and expertise in advice-giving, the cultivation of ignorance in an attempt to avoid scandal, and the organization of peer groups through the display of knowledge in the activity of reminiscing local history. An orienting chapter on questions and an appendix provide an introduction to conversation analysis. The book makes a contribution to linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis and cross-cultural pragmatics. The conclusion discusses the implications of the analysis for current understanding of practice, knowledge and social organization in anthropology and neighboring disciplines.

Author : Barry P. Bright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429791901

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Theory and Practice in the Study of Adult Education by Barry P. Bright Pdf

Originally published in 1989, this book presents a variety of perspectives on the definition of knowledge and of adult education, by leading authors and practitioners in the study of adult education in the UK and USA. This collection of different and often contradictory views makes a detailed analysis of the epistemology and practice of adult education. Three major views are reflected within the book, all of which focus upon the role of the conventional disciplines as a 'theoretical' basis for adult education curricula and professional practice.

Author : Lina Markauskaite,Peter Goodyear
Publisher : Springer
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400743694

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Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education by Lina Markauskaite,Peter Goodyear Pdf

This book, by combining sociocultural, material, cognitive and embodied perspectives on human knowing, offers a new and powerful conceptualisation of epistemic fluency – a capacity that underpins knowledgeable professional action and innovation. Using results from empirical studies of professional education programs, the book sheds light on practical ways in which the development of epistemic fluency can be recognised and supported - in higher education and in the transition to work. The book provides a broader and deeper conception of epistemic fluency than previously available in the literature. Epistemic fluency involves a set of capabilities that allow people to recognize and participate in different ways of knowing. Such people are adept at combining different kinds of specialised and context-dependent knowledge and at reconfiguring their work environment to see problems and solutions anew. In practical terms, the book addresses the following kinds of questions. What does it take to be a productive member of a multidisciplinary team working on a complex problem? What enables a person to integrate different types and fields of knowledge, indeed different ways of knowing, in order to make some well-founded decisions and take actions in the world? What personal knowledge resources are entailed in analysing a problem and describing an innovative solution, such that the innovation can be shared in an organization or professional community? How do people get better at these things; and how can teachers in higher education help students develop these valued capacities? The answers to these questions are central to a thorough understanding of what it means to become an effective knowledge worker and resourceful professional.

Author : Susann Wagenknecht
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137524102

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A Social Epistemology of Research Groups by Susann Wagenknecht Pdf

This book investigates how collaborative scientific practice yields scientific knowledge. At a time when most of today’s scientific knowledge is created in research groups, the author reconsiders the social character of science to address the question of whether collaboratively created knowledge should be considered as collective achievement, and if so, in which sense. Combining philosophical analysis with qualitative empirical inquiry, this book provides a comparative case study of mono- and interdisciplinary research groups, offering insight into the day-to-day practice of scientists. The book includes field observations and interviews with scientists to present an empirically-grounded perspective on much-debated questions concerning research groups’ division of labor, relations of epistemic dependence and trust.

Author : Michael Veber
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781460406281

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know: Dialogues in Epistemology by Michael Veber Pdf

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know is a collection of original dialogues in epistemology, suitable for student readers but also of interest to experts. Familiar problems, theories, and arguments are explored: second-order knowledge, epistemic closure, the preface paradox, skepticism, pragmatic encroachment, the Gettier problem, and more. New ideas on each of these issues are also offered, defended, and critiqued, often in humorous and entertaining ways.

Author : Catherine Hayes,John Fulton,Andrew Livingstone,Claire Todd,Stephen Capper,Peter Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351609869

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Beyond Disciplinarity by Catherine Hayes,John Fulton,Andrew Livingstone,Claire Todd,Stephen Capper,Peter Smith Pdf

This book provides a means of comprehensively grounding and considering the epistemological and philosophical underpinnings of practice-based research epistemologies. By introducing readers to the diverse array of methodological tools and concepts that are necessary to underpin postgraduate research, this book develops an understanding of the distinctions between practice-led research, practice-based research and question-led research, and the contextual significance of each, as well as enabling students to comprehend the historical relationships between academic disciplines and the value of reconnecting them at an epistemological and philosophical level. Through illustrated examples from applied practice across disciplines such as art, social sciences and medical and allied healthcare sciences, readers are encouraged to develop the capacity to not only think conceptually about their own research, but to systematically evaluate that of others. With this focus on descriptive studies from practice, the book fosters higher-order critical thinking in relation to implications for methodological implementation, encouraging deep learning processes and the confidence to transcend the limits of one’s own discipline in order to work collaboratively with researchers in different fields.

Author : Erik Malewski,Nathalia Jaramillo
Publisher : IAP
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617353475

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Epistemologies of Ignorance in Education by Erik Malewski,Nathalia Jaramillo Pdf

Epistemologies of Ignorance provide educators a distinct epistemological view on questions of marginalization, oppression, relations of power and dominance, difference, philosophy, and even death among our youth. The authors of this edited collection challenge the ambivalence – ignorance – found in the construction of curriculum, teaching practices, research guidelines, and policy mandates in our schools. Further, ignorance is also considered a necessary by- product of knowledge production. In this sense, the authors explore not only issues of complicity but also issues of oppression in spite of educators’ liberatory intentions. While this is the first systematic effort to transfer epistemologies of ignorance to the educational scene, this movement has its roots in race, class, gender, and sexuality studies, particularly the work of Charles Mills, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Shannon Sullivan, and Nancy Tuana. It is our unequivocal belief that, while this is transformative and powerful scholarship, the study of ignorance remains understudied and under-theorized in education scholarship, from curriculum studies and cultural foundations to science education and educational psychology. This collection highlights without apology why this dangerous state of affairs cannot continue.

Author : Michael Shepanski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350304284

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Quine’s Epistemic Norms in Practice by Michael Shepanski Pdf

In this illuminating guide to the criteria of rational theorizing, Michael Shepanski identifies, defends and applies W. V. Quine's epistemic norms – the norms that best explain Quine's decisions to accept some theories and not others. Parts I and II set out the doctrines of this epistemology, demonstrating their potential for philosophical application. Part III is a case study in which Shepanski develops a theory of the propositional attitudes by the method of formalizing inferences to behaviour. He presents critiques of popular alternative views, including foundationalism, the centrality of knowledge and Quine's own epistemological naturalism. By reassessing Quine's normative epistemology, Shepanski advances our understanding of Quine's philosophy whilst providing a guide for our own theorizing.

Author : Simon Barker,Charlie Crerar,Trystan S. Goetze
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108712630

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Harms and Wrongs in Epistemic Practice by Simon Barker,Charlie Crerar,Trystan S. Goetze Pdf

How we engage in epistemic practice, including our methods of knowledge acquisition and transmission, the personal traits that help or hinder these activities, and the social institutions that facilitate or impede them, is of central importance to our lives as individuals and as participants in social and political activities. Traditionally, Anglophone epistemology has tended to neglect the various ways in which these practices go wrong, and the epistemic, moral, and political harms and wrongs that follow. In the past decade, however, there has been a turn towards the non-ideal in epistemology. Articles in this volume focus on topics including intellectual vices, epistemic injustices, interpersonal epistemic practices, and applied epistemology. In addition to exploring the various ways in which epistemic practices go wrong at the level of both individual agents and social structures, the papers gathered herein discuss how these problems are related, and how they may be addressed.

Author : Bengt Molander
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Knowledge, Sociology of
ISBN : 3631669909

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The Practice of Knowing and Knowing in Practices by Bengt Molander Pdf

This book is a philosophical analysis of knowledge in practices, focused on knowing how, tacit knowledge and expert knowledge. Knowing in action is argued to be more basic than propositional or theoretical knowledge. The analytical framework is pragmatist, with references to William James and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Author : Barry Stroud
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199252149

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Meaning, Understanding, and Practice by Barry Stroud Pdf

Contains thirteen essays published by Barry Stroud between 1965 and 2000 on central topics in the philosophy of language and epistemology.

Author : A. W Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995269238

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Teaching in a Digital Age by A. W Bates Pdf