Outputs (3)

Philosophy as Interplay and Dialogue (2017)
Book
Torill, S., Smith, R., Pirrie, A., Gregoriou, Z., & Papastephanou, M. (Eds.). (2017). Philosophy as Interplay and Dialogue. . Münster, Vienna and Zurich: LIT Verlag

The ethics of Research Excellence (2017)
Journal Article
Conroy, J., & Smith, R. (2017). The ethics of Research Excellence. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51(4), 693-708. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12249

We here analyse the ethical dimensions of the UK's ‘Research Excellence Framework’ (REF), the latest (2014) version of an exercise which assesses the quality of university research in the UK every seven or so years. We find many of the common objecti... Read More about The ethics of Research Excellence.

Slow learning and the multiplicity of meaning (2017)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2017). Slow learning and the multiplicity of meaning. In M. Peters, & J. Stickney (Eds.), A companion to Wittgenstein on education : pedagogical investigations (101-113). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3136-6_6

A major theme both in Wittgenstein’s early work, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , and in his later work, especially the Philosophical Investigations , is the question of how language can be meaningful. Although there are major differences in the... Read More about Slow learning and the multiplicity of meaning.