Although he was involved in the education debates of his time, it is widely held that in his mature philosophical writings Immanuel Kant is silent on the subject. In her groundbreaking Kantas Conception of Pedagogy, G. Felicitas Munzel finds extant in Kantas writings the so-called missing critical treatise on education; it appears in the Doctrines of Method with which he concludes each of his major works. Here Kant identifies the fundamental principles for the cultivation of reasonas judgment when it comes to cognition, beauty, nature, and the exercise of morality while subject to the passions and inclinations that characterize the human experience. From her analysis, Munzel extrapolates principles for a cosmopolitan education that parallels the structure of Kantas republican constitution for perpetual peace. With the formal principles in place, the argument concludes with a query of the material principles that would fulfill the formal conditions required for an education for freedom.Toward Education for Freedom G. Felicitas Munzel ... long historical and etymological background defies a simple English translation. ... It was the title of two essays whose appearances in 1748 (byJohannJoachim Spalding) and in 1800 (byJohann Gottlieb Fichte) coincide with the span of Kanta#39;s lifea#39;s work as teacher andanbsp;...
Title | : | Kant's Conception of Pedagogy |
Author | : | G. Felicitas Munzel |
Publisher | : | Northwestern University Press - 2012-08-31 |
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