The Ways We Think: From the Straits of Reason to the Possibilities of Thought (Journal of Philosophy of Education)

The Ways We Think critiques predominant approaches to the development of thinking in education and seeks to offer a new account of thought informed by phenomenology, post-structuralism and the ‘ordinary language’ philosophical traditions.Presents an original account of thinking for education and explores how this alternative conception of thought might be translated into the classroomExplores connections between phenomenology, post-structuralism and ordinary language philosophical traditionsExamines the relevance of language in accounts of how we thinkInvestigates the philosophical accounts of Gilbert Ryle, Martin Heidegger, John Austin and Jacques DerridaDraws upon experience of own teaching practice as philosopher-in-residence   Read more