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ERIC Number: EJ230593
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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On the Serious Teaching of Philosophy.
Lawler, Peter Augustine
Improving College and University Teaching, v28 n3 p105-06 Sum 1980
The main obstacle to restoring the study of philosophy to the liberal arts curriculum is seen as the pervasive assumption that what the philosophers who make up the Great Tradition teach could not possibly be true. It is suggested that teachers are convinced of the intellectual superiority of our time. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum, General Education, Higher Education, History, Intellectual Development, Liberal Arts, Philosophy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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