Imitation and Education : A Philosophical Inquiry into Learning by Example.

Intro -- Imitation and Education -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problems of Imitation and Human Exemplarity -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MYSTERIES OF LEARNING BY EXAMPLE: AN OUTLINE -- 2. The Historical Tradition of Human Exemplarity -- IMITATIVE MODELS OF HUMAN EXEMPLARITY:THE STANDARD MODEL -- ENLIGHTENMENT CRITICISM ANDNONIMITATIVE EXEMPLARS -- THE HISTORICAL TRADITION: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT -- 3. How Do People Become Examples? -- THE NATURE OF EXAMPLES -- HOW DOES SOMETHING BECOME AN EXAMPLE? -- EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 4. How Do Examples Bring Out Imitation? -- THE LINK BETWEEN ACTION AND PERCEPTION -- THE SENSE OF SELF AND THEIMITATIVE SORTING MECHANISM -- THE NARRATIVE-SELF THEORY OF IMITATION -- THE SOCIAL NATURE OF NARRATIVE AND IMITATION -- EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 5. The Social Meanings of Imitation -- THE MEANINGS OF FOLLOWING AN EXAMPLE -- IMITATION AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY -- IMITATION, INITIATION, AND EDUCATION -- FACTORS INFLUENCING IMITATIVE MEANING -- IMITATION AND COMMUNITIES OF LEARNING -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Imitation, Exemplarity,and Moral Reason -- THE PRACTICAL OBJECTION TO IMITATING EXAMPLES -- A SOCIAL RESPONSE TO THE PRACTICAL OBJECTION -- THE THEORETICAL OBJECTION TO IMITATING EXAMPLES -- A SOCIAL RESPONSE TO THE THEORETICAL OBJECTION -- CONCLUSION -- 7. How Can We Evaluate Human Exemplars? -- ANCIENT SKEPTICISM, EXEMPLARITY, AND CRITICALITY -- THE TURN TO PRACTICES AND EXEMPLAR ROTATION -- A CRITICAL EDUCATION AND EXEMPLARITY: A CONCLUSION -- 8. A Social Analysis of Exemplarity and Imitation -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Brings together current research in philosophy, cognitive science, and education to uncover and criticize the traditional assumptions of how and why we should learn through imitation.

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