well hi!!
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>My interests in philosophy include the Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Political
>and Legal Philosophy, Philosophy for Children, and generally anything that
>has not yet been done to death :-) Oh, Computer Science and Artificial
>Intelligence are also interest areas of mine.
I reviewed and analysed the Philosophy for Children curriculum materials a
few years ago,
as well as the authoring work which constitutes the Phil. for Children
ideological alignment with Aristolean logic, syllogisms, etc.;
and I found it all to be quite... um, well,
problematic in its representations of girls and agency(or lack thereof) in their
contexts of "thinking" critically alongisde the obvious hero of
the philosophical narratives, that Harry boy, who muses through primary school
like a psuedo-Socrates, including the "this-is-not-a-question" practice of
posing the questions to which Harry (Socrates) already knows the answer...
ah. I babble! Anyhow, I'd be very interested
in yr readings and yr interests in this curriculum.
diane
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."
Ani Difranco
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diane celia hodges
faculty of education
university of british columbia
vancouver, bc canada
tel: (604)-253-4807
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