Download or read book Education and the Development of Reason (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 8) written by R.F. Dearden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically and constructively discusses philosophical questions which have particular bearing on the formulation of educational aims. The book is divided into three major parts: the first deals with the nature of education, and discusses the various general aims, such as 'mental health', 'socialization' and 'creativity' which have been thought to characterize it; the second section is concerned with the nature of reason and its relationship to feeling, will and action; finally the development of different aspects of reason in an educational context is considered.