VOLUME 11 • 2012
JAMES’S THEORY OF UNIVERSALS: AN APPROACH FOR LEARNING
ABSTRACT. Most philosophers and educators are not familiar with James’s theory of universals, especially how it applies to learning concepts. His theory is an integral aspect of his epistemology, which is useful for understanding how children and adults learn and remember new concepts. James discuss..
HUSSERL’S SEMANTICS: MENDING HUSSERL WITH HUSSERL
ABSTRACT. The paper argues for a way of bringing Husserl’s semantics in Logical Investigations up to date by drawing on a variety of critical tools gleaned from his later writings. My argument proceeds in two steps. (1) I offer a summary of the main ingredients of Husserl’s theorization of natural l..
HISTORICIZING SUBJECTIVITY IN CHILDHOOD STUDIES
ABSTRACT. Standard approaches to the philosophy of childhood frequently begin by problematizing the child as object of study and then tacitly follow a chronology that embraces historical developments emphasizing theories of cognitive and moral development, children’s rights, agency of children, the ..