Metaphysics for the Liberal Arts

Process, Quality, and Continuity

AvBethany Henning,Seth Vannatta

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This book explores the relationship between metaphysics and the liberal arts.Part I contrasts the dualistic metaphysics of Platonism, Cartesianism, and materialisms, with the process metaphysics of William James, John Dewey, C.S. Peirce, and A.N. Whitehead with an eye toward illustrating how education should be treated as a transactive and interactive process whose objects of knowledge evolve through time. In Part II, the authors go on to investigate conceptions of the value of a liberal arts education, considering reactionary, conservative, pragmatist, and radical approaches.. Finally, in Part III, the authors explore connections between metaphysics and conservative, radical, and pragmatist conceptions of art, and demonstrate how process metaphysics can be extended to highlight the role of aesthetic experience both in understanding and appreciating art and in liberal arts education. A timely and unique exploration of the relationship between metaphysics and the liberal arts, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and faculty with interests in several branches of philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of education, and aesthetics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032623986

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Bethany Henning is Assistant Professor of philosophy at the College of St. Scholastica, USA.Seth Vannatta is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan State University, USA.

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“In bringing together liberal arts and liberal education with a pragmatist perspective, this book makes an important contribution to the professional literature, strengthening connections between sociological context and epistemological schema.”- Dr. Neil Hooley, Honorary Fellow, College of Arts & Education, Victoria University Melbourne“This [volume] imparts a creatively traditionalist “conservative” aspect to pragmatism that has never been properly acknowledged much less addressed. Identifying pragmatism’s “non-reactionary” conservative allies while distinguishing them from “reactionary conservatives” is a much-needed contribution to the literature.- Jim Garrison, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech

Innehållsförteckning

Preface A Preface B Part I: The Role of Quality in Static and Process Metaphysics Chapter 1 Dualistic Metaphysics Chapter 2 Process Metaphysics Part II: Conserving the Liberal Arts amid the Crisis of Narrow InstrumentalismChapter 3 Reactionary Models of Liberal Arts Education Chapter 4 Michael Oakeshott’s Conservatism in Liberal Arts Education Chapter 5 Pragmatism in Liberal Arts Education Chapter 6 Radical Philosophies of Liberal Arts Education Part III: The Work of Art and Qualitative ExperienceChapter 7 Conservative Approaches to Art Chapter 8 Radical Philosophies of Art Chapter 9 Pragmatism and Art as Experience Conclusion: Quality and Continuity in Metaphysics and the Liberal Arts