Outputs (2)

The virtues of unknowing (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2016). The virtues of unknowing. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(2), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12206

Traditional epistemology is often said to have reached an impasse, and recent interest in virtue epistemology supposedly marks a turn away from philosophers’ traditional focus on problems of knowledge and truth. Yet that focus re-emerges, especially... Read More about The virtues of unknowing.

Metamorphosis and the management of change (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2016). Metamorphosis and the management of change. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(1), 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12169

Talk of educational reform and of the importance of ‘the management of change’ in education and elsewhere is still in vogue. However it often seems concerned to persuade us that if we engage fully with change rather than resisting it we will find our... Read More about Metamorphosis and the management of change.