Postmodernism
A ‘Sceptical’ Challenge in Educational Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Ramaeker (0000-0002-3528-7238, KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 629-651 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.00300 |
| OpenAlex | W1977268415 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Recently several educational theorists have argued for the incorporation of a scepticism of the postmodern kind into educational theory and into educational research more specifically. Their understanding of postmodernism in terms of scepticism harbours much potential, but to avoid confusion and misunderstanding it is of importance that the ‘scepticism’ associated with postmodernism is distinguished from traditional philosophical scepticism, be it as part of the very process of theoretical scrutiny or as a challenge towards its results. In this paper it will be argued that the interest of postmodernist ‘scepticism’ lies not in a quest for ever more certainty but rather in the way it moves beyond both foundationalism and philosophical scepticism. This will be elaborated from the point of view of a Wittgensteinian understanding of theoretical scrutiny (as found in On Certainty). This opens up the possibility of shedding light on postmodernist ‘scepticism’ in educational theory in terms of an aesthetic distance towards what is reflected upon
Educational research · Epistemology · Higher education · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Postmodernism · Psychoanalysis · Skepticism · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2017 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |