Philosophy and the Metaphysical Achievements of Education: Language and Reason

169 Pages·2021·1.898 MB·

by  Ryan McInerney

Philosophy and the Metaphysical
Achievements of Education
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Philosophy and the Metaphysical
Achievements of Education
Language and Reason
Ryan McInerney
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Names: McInerney, Ryan, author.
Title: Philosophy and the metaphysical achievements of education :
language and reason / Ryan McInerney.
Description: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. | Includes
bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2021000347 (print) | LCCN 2021000348 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781350183513 (hardback) | ISBN 9781350183520 (ebook) |
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Subjects: LCSH: Education–Philosophy. | Education–Aims and objectives. |
Metaphysics. | Language and languages–Philosophy.
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For Atlas and André
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I am grateful to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
for its support of my research.
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Contents
Preface x
Overture: What Are Philosophical Theses? 1
1 Education and Philosophy: A Crisis of Self-Identity 9
2 Education and Metaphysics: Being at Home in the World 39
3 Education and History: Out into the Midst of Being 63
4 The Structure of Educational Ideals: Transcendental Origins,
Impossible Aims 87
5 Education and Transcendence: At Home in Unheimlich Language 111
Coda: Waking Thinking Being 135
References 141
Index 151