All Outputs (73)

Philosophy in its place. (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2014). Philosophy in its place. In L. Waks (Ed.), Leaders in Philosophy of Education (245-254). (2nd series). Rotterdam: Sense

Understanding Education and Educational Research. (2014)
Book
Smeyers, P., & Smith, R. (2014). Understanding Education and Educational Research. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511920714

An epistemic monoculture and the university of reasons. (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2014). An epistemic monoculture and the university of reasons. In D. Lewin, A. Guilherme, & M. White (Eds.), New Perspectives in the Philosophy of Education: Ethics, Politics and Religion. Bloomsbury

Re-reading Plato: the slow cure for knowledge (2014)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2014). Re-reading Plato: the slow cure for knowledge. In M. Papastephanou, T. Strand, & A. Pirrie (Eds.), Philosophy as a lived experience : navigating through dichotomies of thought and action (23-37). Lit

What might be called the mainstream of western philosophy has sought to discover clear and distinct ideas on which accounts of truth, goodness and justice can be built with confidence. Plato has often been seen as central to this tradition, and even... Read More about Re-reading Plato: the slow cure for knowledge.

Judgement calls: the ethics of educational deliberation (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2014). Judgement calls: the ethics of educational deliberation. Pedagogical Culture, 1, 101-114

In all kinds of ways the idea of judgement has fallen under suspicion in recent times, and opportunities to exercise it have become fewer. It has suffered from being confused with judgmentalism, and from the assumption that it amounts to little more... Read More about Judgement calls: the ethics of educational deliberation.

Education Policy: Philosophical Critique (2013)
Book
Smith, R. (Ed.). (2013). Education Policy: Philosophical Critique. Wiley

Interpretation: The Space of Text (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2013). Interpretation: The Space of Text. In P. Smeyers, M. Depaepe, & E. Keiner (Eds.), Educational research : the importance and effects of institutional spaces (115-126). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6247-3_8

Turning towards another kind of space, Richard Smith foregrounds ‘Interpretation: The Space of Text’ (Chap. 8). It is easy to forget that text too is an institutional space of educational research and one with distinctive forms in academic journal ar... Read More about Interpretation: The Space of Text.

University Futures (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2013). University Futures. In R. Smith (Ed.), Education Policy: Philosophical Critique (147-160). Wiley

The Theology of Education to Come (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2013). The Theology of Education to Come. In Educational Research: The Attraction of Psychology (147-157). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5038-8_10

The philosopher and the writer (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2013). The philosopher and the writer. In J. Gingell (Ed.), Education and the common good : essays in honor of Robin Barrow (1-12). Routledge

Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2014). Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research. In P. Smeyers, & M. Depaepe (Eds.), Educational research : material culture and its representation (133-144). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03083-8_9

Educational research is of course affected by the economic, institutional and physical contingencies of its time, and in our time it is increasingly driven by them. Much can be said about this; and perhaps it might be suspected that there is a tenden... Read More about Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research.

A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield' (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2013). A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45(4), 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2012.718144

It is sometimes said that we are strangers to ourselves, bearers of internal alterity, as well as to each other. The profounder this strangeness then the greater the difficulty of giving any systematic account of it without paradox: of supposing that... Read More about A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield'.

The play of Socratic dialogue. (2012)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2012). The play of Socratic dialogue. In N. Vansieleghem, & D. Kennedy (Eds.), Philosophy for Children in Transition (52-65). Wiley

University futures. (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2012). University futures. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 46(4), 649-662. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2012.00884.x

Beneath the skin: statistics, trust and status. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). Beneath the skin: statistics, trust and status. Educational Theory, 61(6), 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2011.00425.x

The play of Socratic dialogue. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). The play of Socratic dialogue. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 45(2), 221-233

On dogs and children: judgements in the realm of meaning. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). On dogs and children: judgements in the realm of meaning. Ethics and Education, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2011.622990

A bubble for the spirit level: metricophilia, rhetoric and philosophy. (2011)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2011). A bubble for the spirit level: metricophilia, rhetoric and philosophy. In P. Smeyers, & M. Depaepe (Eds.), Educational Research: the ethics and aesthetics of statistics (189-204). Springer Verlag

Social science and education: challenge and rhetoric. (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2010). Social science and education: challenge and rhetoric

Writing the philosophy of education. (2010)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2010). Writing the philosophy of education. In R. Bailey (Ed.), The Philosophy of Education: an introduction (158-166). Continuum