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Educational Philosophy and Theory

ISSN 0013-1857

4 papers in the library · 32 citations · publishing 2008-2026

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Why education cannot be automated: Enactive pedagogy, AI, and the crisis of meaning

Educational Philosophy and Theory September 3, 2026 Ronnie Videla, Wendy Ross, May Britt Aros 1 citation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly presented as a transformative force in education. This article argues that the challenge posed by AI is not primarily technological but pedagogical and onto-epistemological. We contend that the growing appeal of AI as an educational agent stems less from the intrinsic capabilities of the technology than from its compatibility with cognitivist and...

Wittgenstein, mysticism and the ‘religious point of view’: ‘Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent’

Educational Philosophy and Theory March 30, 2022 M. Peters

the religious and spiritual aspects of Wittgenstein, his understanding of ‘das mystiche’ and his philosophy understood against the background of German mysticism has been commented on by authors to help explain the ethical aspects of the early Wittgenstein (1922), particularly the Tractatus, and also his later work. Some maintain that the mystical is an element uniting his philosophy and that...

Educating Consciousness through Literary Experiences

Educational Philosophy and Theory 2008 Dennis Sumara, Rebecca Luce‐Kapler, Tammy Iftody 19 citations

In this essay, the authors describe human consciousness as an embodied experience that emerges from a complex relationship of the biological and the phenomenological. Following arguments made by ) and ), they argue that one primary way that human beings develop self‐awareness of their own minds is by becoming aware of other minds. These mind‐reading abilities become fundamental to the continual...