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Education and the development of reason Edited by R.F.Dearden P.H.Hirst and R.S.Peters Routledge & Kegan Paul London and Boston INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REASON EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REASON Edited by R.F.DEARDEN, P.H.HIRST AND R.S.PETERS Volume 8 LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1972 This edition first published in 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1972 Routledge & Kegan Paul All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN€0-203-86116-7€Master e-book ISBN ISBN 10:0-415-55946-4 (Set) eISBN 10:0-2038-6097-7 (Set) ISBN 10:0-415-56351-8 (Volume 8) eISBN 10:0-203-86116-7 (Volume 8) ISBN 13:978-0-415-55946-1 (Set) eISBN 13:978-0-2038-6097-7 (Set) ISBN 13:978-0-415-56351-2 (Volume 8) eISBN 13:978-0-203-86116-5 (Volume 8) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. First published in 1972 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd Broadway House, 68–74 Carter Lane, London EC4V 5EL and 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass, 02108, U.S.A. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. © Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism ISBN€0-203-86116-7€Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0 7100 7201 5 (Print Edition) Contents Introduction € P.H.Hirst € € Acknowledgments € page ix xi € Part I €A critique of current educational aims 1 Education and the educated man € 2 Education: The engagement and its frustration € 14 ‘Needs’ in education € 37 Education as a process of growth € 48 ‘Mental health’ as an aim of education € 63 Happiness and education € 71 Socialization and education € 84 Creativity and education: A philosophical analysis € 98 1 € R.S.Peters 2 € M.Oakeshott 3 € R.F.Dearden 4 € R.F.Dearden 5 € J.Wilson 6 € R.F.Dearden 7 € P.A.White 8 € J.P.White 111 Part 2 €Reason The concept of Reason € 112 A rational animal € 131 Reasonableness € 145 9 € D.Pole 10