Dr Andrew Davis' Outputs (2)

Learning and the Social Nature of Mental Powers (2005)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2005). Learning and the Social Nature of Mental Powers. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37(5), 635-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2005.00148.x

Over the last two decades the traditional conception of intelligence and other mental powers as stable individual assets has been challenged by approaches in psychology emphasising context and 'situated cognition'. This paper argues that the debate s... Read More about Learning and the Social Nature of Mental Powers.

Social Externalism and the Ontology of Competence (2005)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2005). Social Externalism and the Ontology of Competence. Philosophical Explorations, 8(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869790500219554

Social externalism implies that many competences are not personal assets separable from social and cultural environments but complex states of affairs involving individuals and persisting features of social reality. The paper explores the consequence... Read More about Social Externalism and the Ontology of Competence.