Fiachra Long
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiachra Long |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiachra |
| FAMILY NAME | Long |
| SIGNATURE | LONG F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6364-4036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
My Catholic School and the Jesuit Brother Vicente Cañas
Maga
Conversational Learning in the Age of ChatGPT
Gnostic Undercurrents in Our Avatar Culture
Gnostic Undercurrents in Our Avatar Culture Fiachra Long (bio) We are sometimes attracted by a striking, colourful and convenient initiative, but like the apparent bargain that flatters to deceive, or the colourful mushroom that turns out to be poisonous, some level of discretion is advised. The emergence of ChatGPT as the lead Artificial Intelligence platform is striking, colourful and convenient, but a high level of discretion is urgently advis…
In Reasonable Hope
Reviewed by: In Reasonable Hope: Philosophical Reflections on Ultimate Meaning by Patrick Masterson Fiachra Long (bio) Patrick Masterson, In Reasonable Hope: Philosophical Reflections on Ultimate Meaning ( Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2021), 208 pages. It is difficult to classify this book. It is both a philosophical treatise and a personal reflection on death written to express the 'reasonable hope' that the author will o…
Essays in the Phenomenology of Learning
Transhuman Education? Sloterdijk's Reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism
Peter Sloterdijk presented a reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism at a conference held at Elmau in 1999. Reinterpreting the meaning of humanism in the light of Heidegger's Letter, Sloterdijk focused his presentation on the need to redefine education as a form of genetic ‘taming’ and proposed what seemed to be support for positive eugenics. Although Sloterdijk claimed that he only wanted to open a debate on the issue, he could not have been s…
Protocols of silence in educational discourse
For the past number of years, experienced teachers have sometimes come to visit my office with a sense that they are working outside the official educational system. In many ways these teachers see themselves as subversives, acting on behalf of their students to deliver a better educational experience, but in many cases they feel that they are working outside the norm of the educational system. This raises the question about the impact of educati…
Troubled Theory in the Debate between Hirst and Carr
When Paul Hirst and Wilfred Carr squared up to each other a few years ago on the issue of the role of philosophical theory in educational practice, it became clear that theory itself had become a troubled term. The very fact that Wilfred Carr could argue for the end of educational theory recalls Paul Feyerabend’s fiery argument for the end of theory in natural science and simply deepened the attack that had already appeared in Carr and Kemmis’s b…
Thomas Reid and Philosophy with Children
The Idealist Illusion and Other Essays
Research as living knowledge
This paper proposes that research is a function of living knowledge. Research makes tacit assumptions about the meaning of life, despite its supposed metaphysical neutrality. Even though research may focus on a particular area, its elastic nature suggests that it is fundamentally a self-reflective and therefore an educational practice. The history of modern educational thought since Bacon reveals a tension between knowledge as personal (and thus …
Blondel et la temporalité de l'histoire
Transhuman Education? Sloterdijk's Reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism
Peter Sloterdijk presented a reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism at a conference held at Elmau in 1999. Reinterpreting the meaning of humanism in the light of Heidegger's Letter, Sloterdijk focused his presentation on the need to redefine education as a form of genetic ‘taming’ and proposed what seemed to be support for positive eugenics. Although Sloterdijk claimed that he only wanted to open a debate on the issue, he could not have been s…
Troubled Theory in the Debate between Hirst and Carr
When Paul Hirst and Wilfred Carr squared up to each other a few years ago on the issue of the role of philosophical theory in educational practice, it became clear that theory itself had become a troubled term. The very fact that Wilfred Carr could argue for the end of educational theory recalls Paul Feyerabend’s fiery argument for the end of theory in natural science and simply deepened the attack that had already appeared in Carr and Kemmis’s b…
Thomas Reid and Philosophy with Children
Blondel et la temporalité de l'histoire
Research as living knowledge
This paper proposes that research is a function of living knowledge. Research makes tacit assumptions about the meaning of life, despite its supposed metaphysical neutrality. Even though research may focus on a particular area, its elastic nature suggests that it is fundamentally a self-reflective and therefore an educational practice. The history of modern educational thought since Bacon reveals a tension between knowledge as personal (and thus …
The Idealist Illusion and Other Essays
Thomas Reid and Philosophy with Children
Protocols of silence in educational discourse
For the past number of years, experienced teachers have sometimes come to visit my office with a sense that they are working outside the official educational system. In many ways these teachers see themselves as subversives, acting on behalf of their students to deliver a better educational experience, but in many cases they feel that they are working outside the norm of the educational system. This raises the question about the impact of educati…
Troubled Theory in the Debate between Hirst and Carr
When Paul Hirst and Wilfred Carr squared up to each other a few years ago on the issue of the role of philosophical theory in educational practice, it became clear that theory itself had become a troubled term. The very fact that Wilfred Carr could argue for the end of educational theory recalls Paul Feyerabend’s fiery argument for the end of theory in natural science and simply deepened the attack that had already appeared in Carr and Kemmis’s b…
Transhuman Education? Sloterdijk's Reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism
Peter Sloterdijk presented a reading of Heidegger's Letter on Humanism at a conference held at Elmau in 1999. Reinterpreting the meaning of humanism in the light of Heidegger's Letter, Sloterdijk focused his presentation on the need to redefine education as a form of genetic ‘taming’ and proposed what seemed to be support for positive eugenics. Although Sloterdijk claimed that he only wanted to open a debate on the issue, he could not have been s…
In Reasonable Hope
Reviewed by: In Reasonable Hope: Philosophical Reflections on Ultimate Meaning by Patrick Masterson Fiachra Long (bio) Patrick Masterson, In Reasonable Hope: Philosophical Reflections on Ultimate Meaning ( Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2021), 208 pages. It is difficult to classify this book. It is both a philosophical treatise and a personal reflection on death written to express the 'reasonable hope' that the author will o…
Essays in the Phenomenology of Learning
Gnostic Undercurrents in Our Avatar Culture
Gnostic Undercurrents in Our Avatar Culture Fiachra Long (bio) We are sometimes attracted by a striking, colourful and convenient initiative, but like the apparent bargain that flatters to deceive, or the colourful mushroom that turns out to be poisonous, some level of discretion is advised. The emergence of ChatGPT as the lead Artificial Intelligence platform is striking, colourful and convenient, but a high level of discretion is urgently advis…
Maga
Conversational Learning in the Age of ChatGPT
My Catholic School and the Jesuit Brother Vicente Cañas
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