Liberal Education and the Social Justification of Belief.

Bruffee, Kenneth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ271396

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Publication Date: 1982

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Liberal Education and the Social Justification of Belief.

Bruffee, Kenneth A.

Liberal Education, v68 n2 p95-114 Sum 1982

Evidence that thought is a displaced social process contradicts the assumptions that the mind is a mirror of nature and thought a private, individual process. A curriculum that involves learning to identify beliefs, to analyze and express beliefs socially, and to understand and form communities of knowledgeable peers is described. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Beliefs, College Curriculum, Educational Objectives, General Education, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Problem Solving, Social Development, Social Integration, Social Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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