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In this study of the main conceptual and normative issues to which the education of the adult gives rise, the author demonstrates that these issues can be understood and resolved only by coming to grips with some of the central and most contentious questions in epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, and social philosophy. A salient feature of the book is its searching examination of the different types of value judgement by which all educational discourse is permeated. The analysis of the nature and justification of educational judgements forms the basis of an overall philosophy of adult education which should provide a much needed axiological framework for the guidance of practitioners in this growing area of educational concern.
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INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION VALUES, EDUCATION AND THE ADULT VALUES, EDUCATION AND THE ADULT Edited by R.W.K.PATERSON Volume 16 LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1979 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 © 1979 R.W.K.Paterson 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 0-203-86108-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 10:0-415-55946-4 (Set) eISBN 10:0-2038-6097-7 (Set) ISBN 10:0-415-56359-3 (Volume 16) eISBN 10:0-203-86108-6 (Volume 16) ISBN 13:978-0-415-55946-1 (Set) eISBN 13:978-0-2038-6097-7 (Set) ISBN 13:978-0-415-56359-8 (Volume 16) eISBN 13:978-0-203-86108-0 (Volume 16) 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. Values, education and the adult Edited by R.W.K.Paterson Routledge & Kegan Paul London, Henley and Boston First published in 1979 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 39 Store Street, London WCIE 7DD, Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9, 1EN and 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA 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. © R.W.K.Paterson 1979 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 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Paterson, Ronald William Keith Values, education and the adult—(International library of the philosophy of education). 1 Adult education—Philosophy 1 Title 374′.001 LC5219 79–40680 ISBN 0-203-86108-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0 7100 0102 9 (Print Edition) Contents € General editor’s note € € vii € € 2 24 € € € 44 69 83 € € 104 120 € € 149 171 € Notes € 183 € Index<