If the received views on self-transformation in philosophical literature are correct, then either self-transformation (1) is caused by forces beyond oneself and beyond one's control, (2) is not rational to pursue, or (3) does not ever really happen. In this essay, James Gordon highlights the philosophical puzzle known as the…

This essay focuses on epiphanies -- moments when an insight or revelation captures our attention and summons us to become a better version of ourselves. The role of epiphanies in moral transformation, however, raises a potentially troublesome question. Namely, is the cultivation of epiphanies yet another vexed attempt at moral education? Kevin…

The role of cognitive functions in three different valuing processes are identified and related to the development of moral autonomy. (GW)

The authors found a viable aim of American education in self-actualization. (AS)

Discusses interpretations of a key Nietzschean concept, "Selbstuberwindung," translated as "self-overcoming," which challenges the concept of "self-mastery" or "self-control" found in traditional educational thought. Also discussed is Nietzsche's construction of images of self-overcoming individuals,…

Discusses the possibilities of teaching freedom and the meaning of being free. (RK)

Article is concerned with the implications of Autonomism for moral education. (Author)

Responding to Professor Oscanyan's article "How Can I Teach My Students to Learn on Their Own," this article questions Oscanyan's assumptions about learning processes. (DS)

Paper attempts to show three different types of teaching and their relevance in the elevation of educational clarification and improvement. (RK)

Past and present discussions on education all too frequently neglect the role that silence plays in learning. In this article I set out to demonstrate that silence is the very foundation of learning. My claim is that we must find ways of freeing silence in our pedagogical practices so that our discourse does not denigrate into mere empty words,…

Since the experiences discussed by the author are commonly viewed as therapeutic rather than educational, he develops a rationale for conceiving of them in educational terms. (Author/CB)

This article clarifies some central philosophical and theological principles of Newman and shows the meaning of these in his doctrine on student-centered education. (MM)

Discusses ways to strengthen the thinking, feeling, willing, and acting dimensions'' of prospective teachers. (Author/SP)

Author intended to illustrate how mathematics could be used as a humanistic enterprise to convey knowledge and attitudes towards the world. (Author/RK)

This essay draws together various ideas on education that appear in the works of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and demonstrates how these ideas relate to Hegel's total philosophy. Education, by retracing the path of the mind's self-realization, raises the individual's subjective consciousness to recognition of the rationality underlying social…