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Be(com)ing Human

Semiosis and the Myth of Reason

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Andrew Stables

    1. University of Bath, UK

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Educational Futures (EDUFUT, volume 56)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Theoretical Foundations

    • Andrew Stables
    Pages 1-43

  3. Moving in Time

    • Andrew Stables
    Pages 45-64

  4. Thens Within Now

    • Andrew Stables
    Pages 65-93

  5. Be(com)ing Responsible

    • Andrew Stables
    Pages 95-111

  6. Promoting Human Progress

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    Pages 113-124

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 125-142
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About this book

Educational theory is necessarily concerned with what it means to become human, ‘becoming’ implying a process of growth and change. In general, philosophy of education has tended to view childhood (defined as the period during which one is being educated) as preparation for a settled period as adult citizen, during which one’s human nature is given its full expression. Traditionally, then, first we become human, then we are (fully) human. However, when we speak of ourselves as human, we do so in these two senses: as a present species marker, and as a regulative ideal. Most literature focuses on the former sense; the present argument will focus on the latter. What, therefore, should be the grounds for a theory of the individual in society and the world that can best underpin approaches to social policy and education on the assumption that the human animal is always aspiring to fully human status that can never be attained? Central to the argument are the acknowledgment of the human as an open system and the concomitant acceptance of overlapping phenomenal worlds, whereby experience is shared but never exactly duplicated between sentient beings.ent beings

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bath, UK

    Andrew Stables

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Be(com)ing Human

  • Book Subtitle: Semiosis and the Myth of Reason

  • Editors: Andrew Stables

  • Series Title: Educational Futures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-997-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-997-8Published: 17 October 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9864

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9872

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 143

  • Topics: Education, general

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