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Written by <a href='/community/profile/64-causation/'>causation</a>
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Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:49 |
Book: Philosophy in the Classroom, Matthew Lipman
James D. Carmine: "Education, though it does depend on knowing things, is therefore much more than simply accumulating knowledge, and applying it automatically like a bird chasing a moth. Education requires developing a specifically human way of looking at information, of approaching knowledge. When effective, education actually creates a delicious hunger for inquiry itself. It creates a curiosity about finding and assembling patterns, systems and structures within and out of information. Philosophy therefore, is a component of all education, and to my mind, of course, the finest. " more
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