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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958782903321

Autore

Warnick Bryan R. <1974->

Titolo

Imitation and education : a philosophical inquiry into learning by example / / Bryan R. Warnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

9780791478486

0791478483

9781435643673

1435643674

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, the philosophy of education

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Example

Imitation

Learning, Psychology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The problems of imitation and human exemplarity -- The historical tradition of human exemplarity -- How do people become examples? -- How do examples bring out imitation? -- The social meanings of imitation -- Imitation, exemplarity, and moral reason -- How can we evaluate human exemplars? -- A social analysis of exemplarity and imitation.

Sommario/riassunto

Brings together current research in philosophy, cognitive science, and education to uncover and criticize the traditional assumptions of how and why we should learn through imitation.