In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals)

<p>First published in 1991 <em>In Praise of Cognitive Emotions</em> comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays - all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty or a mechanism of inference but taken rather as the capactity to grasp principles and purposes and to evaluate them in the light of relevant reasons. Examining a broad range of issues - from computers in school to math education from metaphor to morality - these essays are unified by Scheffler's conviction of the primacy of critical thought in education. </p>