Complexity, Dialogue, and Democracy: The Educational Implications
Abstract: There is an unacknowledged disagreement on what kind of dialogue best supports democracy. Many view democracy as analogous to a law court and so view “democratic dialogue” as a contest between competing advocates who have acquired the kind of “steel trap” critical thinking skills that are ideal for winning in the external marketplace of ideas. Others assume that the propensity to seriously reflect on opposing viewpoints within the minds of individuals is ideal for democratic maintenance. It will be argued here that our love affair with “critical thinking” that tends to support an external battle of ideas harms democracy. It will be argued that the complexity of our common humanity, the complexity of our form of governance, the complexity of the approaches needed to face wicked problems, and the complexity of the internal engine of personal development requires that we learn to readily engage in open truth-seeking dialogue with those who hold opposing viewpoints and in so doing, enh.... https://ojs.ub.rub.de/index.php/JDPh/article/view/9866
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Complexity, Dialogue, and Democracy: The Educational Implications ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; year:2022
Journal of didactics of philosophy ; 6, Heft 1 (2022)
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Gardner, Susan T.
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10.46586/JDPh.2022.9866
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022101218541368035625
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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