Fictionalism: The Art of Teaching Truth Disguised as Lies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004689800)

Fictionalism confronts the dual epistemological nature of education. In this book, Johan Dahlbeck argues that all education, at bottom, concerns a striving for truth initiated through fictions. This foundational aporia is then interrogated and made sense of via Hans Vaihinger's philosophy of 'as if' and Spinoza's peculiar form of exemplarism. Using a variety of fictional examples, Dahlbeck investigates the different dimensions of educational fictionalism, from teacher exemplarism to the basic educational fictions necessary for getting started in education in the first place. Fictionalism will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of education.

Author: Johan Dahlbeck
ISBN-10: 900468980X
ISBN-13: 9789004689800
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2023
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback