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Three Educational Orientations: A Peircean Perspective on Education and the Growth of the Self
Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications
  • Michael Ventimiglia, Sacred Heart University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2005
Abstract

The theme of growth is amongst the most important and pervasive themes in the philosophy of Charles Peirce. This paper offers a synthesized account of the Peircean self drawn from his various discussions of the growth of ideas and then presents three educational orientations which, in turn, tend to foster or frustrate this growth. It concludes that the growth of the student depends significantly upon the ends or intent of the educator and upon an appropriate mean between freedom and constraint in the educational context. A commitment to such an orientation is taken to be a form of resistance to the narrowing ends of business-minded educational institutions.

DOI
10.1007/s11217-005-3851-2
Citation Information
Ventimiglia, Michael. “Three Educational Orientations: A Peircean Perspective on Education and the Growth of the Self.” Studies in Philosophy and Education 24 (2005): 291-308.