R S Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 271600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R S Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | R S |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Authority, Responsibility and Education
First published in 1959, Authority, Responsibility and Education focuses on the philosophy of education and is concerned with the question of moral education. It was originally based on talks delivered mainly on the Home Service and Third Programme of the BBC between April 1956 and January 1959 but, due to its wide appeal and popularity, it was revised to include work from a further 10 years of the author’s teaching and experience in the subject.…
Ethics and Education (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1966, this book was written to serve as an introductory textbook in the philosophy of education, focusing on ethics and social philosophy. It presents a distinctive point of view both about education and ethical theory and arrived at a time when education was a matter of great public concern. It looks at questions such as ‘What do we actually mean by education?’ and provides a proper ethical foundation for education in a democr…
Social Principles and the Democratic State
Social Principles and the Democratic State
Education and the Development of Reason (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 8)
Essays on Educators
John Dewey Reconsidered
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access John Dewey Reconsidered. Edited by R. S. Peters. (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1977. Pp. 128. Price £4.50) New Studies in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Edited by Steven M. Cahn. (Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England. 1977. Pp. 213. Price $10.00) Susan Haack Susan Haack Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue…
John Dewey Reconsidered
1. Inquiry, Thought and Action: John Dewey's Theory of Knowledge Anthony Quinton 2. Language and Experience Jerome Bruner, Eileen Caudill and Anat Ninio 3. Dewey's Theory of Interest Alan R. White 4. The Self in Action Martin Hollis 5. Democracy and Education Antony Flew 6. John Dewey's Philosophy of Education R. S .Peters
Education and Justification
Journal Article Education and Justification Get access R S Peters R S Peters University of London Institute of Education Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 11, Issue 1, July 1977, Pages 28–38, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1977.tb00666.x Published: 30 May 2006
Nature and Conduct
New Essays in the Philosophy of Education
Book Reviews New Essays in the Philosophy of Education. Edited by Glenn Langford and D. J. O’Connor. International Library of the Philosophy of Education, edited by R. S. Peters. ( R.K.P. 1973. Pp. x + 266. Price £4.50.) R. F. Dearden R. F. Dearden Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 97, October 1974, Pages 380–381, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217837 Published: 01 Oct…
Plato
The Philosophy of Education
Reply to John Kleinig
Journal Article A Reply to John Kleinig Get access R S Peters R S Peters University of London Institute of Education Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 1973, Pages 167–176, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1973.tb00478.x Published: 30 May 2006
Postscript 2
Journal Article Postscript 2 Get access R S Peters R S Peters Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 1973, Pages 179–180, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1973.tb00480.x Published: 30 May 2006
Education as initiation
A History of Scientific Psychology
Book Reviews Get access A History of Scientific, Psychology : Its Origins and Philosophical Backgrounds. By D. E. Klein. (London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1970. Pp. xii + 907. Price £8.00) R. S. Peters R. S. Peters Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 87, April 1972, Pages 176–178, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217553 Published: 01 April 1972
The Logic of Education
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Logic of Education. By P. H. Hirst and R. S. Peters. (London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1970. Pp. x + 147. Price £1.40; paper 70p) Ž. R. Prvulovich Ž. R. Prvulovich Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 87, April 1972, Pages 188–189, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217562 Published: 01 April 1972
The Perfectibility of Man
The Logic of Education
Education and the Educated Man1
Conduct
The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research
(1969). The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-15
Perspectives on Plowden
The Concept of Education
Book Reviews The Concept of Education. Edited By R. S. Peters. (London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1967. Pp. viii + 223. Price 30s). H. S. N. MoFarland H. S. N. MoFarland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 71, April 1968, Page 188, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217534 Published: 01 April 1968
Authority, Responsibility and Education
First published in 1959, Authority, Responsibility and Education focuses on the philosophy of education and is concerned with the question of moral education. It was originally based on talks delivered mainly on the Home Service and Third Programme of the BBC between April 1956 and January 1959 but, due to its wide appeal and popularity, it was revised to include work from a further 10 years of the author’s teaching and experience in the subject.…
The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research
(1969). The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-15
Education and the Educated Man1
Mental health? as an educational aim
Education and Justification
Journal Article Education and Justification Get access R S Peters R S Peters University of London Institute of Education Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 11, Issue 1, July 1977, Pages 28–38, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1977.tb00666.x Published: 30 May 2006
The Authority of the Teacher
EDUCATION CONSISTS essentially in the initiation of members of a society into a form of life that is thought to be worth-while. Such initiation takes place, for the most part, in schools and colleges, in which there are often acute problems of social control. These problems of social control have been accentuated by the accelerated rate of social change with an increased gap and lack of understanding between the generations consequent on it, whic…
Hobbes and Hull—metaphysicians of Behaviour
Freud's Theory
Brett's History of Psychology
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Brett’s History of Psychology. Abridged. Edited and arranged by R. S. Peters. (London : George Allen and Unwin. 1953. Pp. 742. Price 42s). Henry H. Ferguson Henry H. Ferguson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 18, January 1955, Pages 94–95, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217067 Published: 01 January 1955
Freud's Theory
Hobbes and Hull—metaphysicians of Behaviour
The Political Philosophy of Hobbes
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Political Philosophy of Hobbes. By Howard Warrender. (Oxford : Clarendon Press. 1957. Pp. ix + 346. Price 42s). R. S. Peters R. S. Peters Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 37, October 1959, Pages 375–377, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216373 Published: 01 October 1959
The Unconscious
The Unconscious
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Unconscious. By A. C. MacIntyre. (London : Routledge. 1958. Pp. ix + 100. Price 11s 6d). The Concept of Motivation. By R. S. Peters. (London : Routledge. 1958. Pp. 166. Price 14s). B. A. Farrell B. A. Farrell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 41, October 1960, Pages 378–380, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216422 Published: 01…
Symposium
S ummary . The purpose of this article is to develop some conceptual distinctions in order to explore the relationship between Piaget's and Freud's theories of moral development and to suggest questions to which both theories give rise. Piaget, it is argued, did little more than show that the distinction between customary and rational morality actually has application. Freud's theory assumed rational morality as an end‐point of development but hi…
Social Principles and the Democratic State
VII—Emotions and the Category of Passivity
R. S. Peters, C. A. Mace; VII—Emotions and the Category of Passivity, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 62, Issue 1, 1 June 1962, Pages 117–1
Rejoinder to George McClure
Theories of Education
Mental health? as an educational aim
The Authority of the Teacher
EDUCATION CONSISTS essentially in the initiation of members of a society into a form of life that is thought to be worth-while. Such initiation takes place, for the most part, in schools and colleges, in which there are often acute problems of social control. These problems of social control have been accentuated by the accelerated rate of social change with an increased gap and lack of understanding between the generations consequent on it, whic…
The Authority of the Teacher
In Defence of Bingo
In defence of bingo
The Concept of Education
A Short History of Ethics
Ethics and Education
The Concept of Education
Book Reviews The Concept of Education. Edited By R. S. Peters. (London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1967. Pp. viii + 223. Price 30s). H. S. N. MoFarland H. S. N. MoFarland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 71, April 1968, Page 188, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217534 Published: 01 April 1968
Ethics and Education
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Ethics and Education. By R. S. Peters. (London : Allen & Unwin. 1966. Pp. 333. Price 40s). J. W. L. Adams J. W. L. Adams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 71, April 1968, Pages 186–187, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217533 Published: 01 April 1968
Philosophy and Educational Development
The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research
(1969). The Philosopher's Contribution to Educational Research. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-15
Perspectives on Plowden
Education and the Educated Man1
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