The Humanist Bias in Western Philosophy and Education

Educational Philosophy and Theory 47 (11):1128-1135 (2015)
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This paper argues that the bias in Western philosophy is tied to its humanist ideology that pictures itself as central to the natural history of humanity and is historically linked to the emergence of humanism as pedagogy.

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Michael Peters
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