{"product_id":"modes-of-learning-whiteheads-metaphysics-and-the-stages-of-education-paperback","title":"Modes of Learning: Whitehead's Metaphysics and the Stages of Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Allan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly accessible reading of Whitehead's writings on education and their connection to his metaphysics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducators are familiar with Alfred North Whitehead's three stages of education: romance, precision, and generalization. Philosophers are familiar with his metaphysical theories about the primacy of temporal processes. In Modes of Learning, George Allan brings these two sides of Whitehead's thought together for the first time in a book suitable for both those initially approaching Whitehead's metaphysics and experts alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan develops a series of analogies between Whitehead's ideas about how we learn and key concepts in his later metaphysical writings, demonstrating that both how we learn and how the world changes involve a tension between open-ended exploration and systematic organization. Novel ideas free us from the blinders imposed by old habits and beliefs. Yet only when these ideas are integrated with the old ways are we able to improve our individual and collective lives-until changing circumstances call for further new ideas and fresh integrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a rich variety of examples, Allan illuminates the metaphysical ideas he explores by tethering them concretely to the educational practices in which they are rooted. This shows a key but neglected feature of Whitehead's thought: his pragmatic theory of truth, with its functionalist approach to experience and its humanistic appreciation of the frailty of all human endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Allan \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHigher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, all also published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53246646386995,"sku":"9781438441887","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/r890vFW2KS9781438441887.webp?v=1776291491","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/modes-of-learning-whiteheads-metaphysics-and-the-stages-of-education-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}