The Wittgensteinian revolution and linguistic philosophy : some implications for education and educational philosophy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University

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The Wittgensteinian revolution and linguistic philosophy : some implications for education and educational philosophy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University

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Massey University

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The potential relevance for Education of Wittgenstein's concept of the 'language-game', and the now widely accepted view of Philosophy as an activity to be practised rather than a body of knowledge to be learned up, are investigated principally in two of the 'component' disciplines of Education, namely Science Education and Educational philosophy. In both of these areas, it has been claimed that Philosophy is relevant and has already been incorporated in existing work. A number of sub-optimal...

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Doctoral

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1979

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http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3660

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Ludwig Wittgenstein / Philosophy of language / Linguistic philosophy / Educational philosophy / Education / Philosophy / Science study and teaching

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