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Steve Fuller

To Judge and To Justify

Profiles of the Academic Vocation

Steve Fuller

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Springer International Publishing AG
29 October 2024
Philosophy & theory of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Study & learning skills: general
Series: Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
This book argues that judging and justifying are the two skills that specifically require academic training. In the current times, where the value of a university degree is increasingly questioned, it’s important to emphasize the significance of these skills. This volume addresses that universities are not necessarily stressing these skills, preferring instead to focus on the delivery of ‘content’ and the provision of ‘credentials’. Its main focus is on articulating the positive case for the university’s focus on judging and explaining as its core ‘transferable skills.’ It involves examining the historical and philosophical case for this claim, canvassing arguments made – and the example set -- by Plato, Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, William Whewell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paul Feyerabend, Richard Rorty, John Rawls and Robert Nozick – as well as considering how they might be realized in today’s world.

This book extends the arguments in Fuller’s recent book, Back to the University’s Future: The Second Coming of Humboldt (Springer, 2023).
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Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Edition:   2024 ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm, 
ISBN:   9783031760167
ISBN 10:   3031760166
Series:   Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
Pages:   194
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history, philosophy and sociology of science, Fuller is best known for his foundational work in the field of ‘social epistemology’, which is the name of a quarterly journal he founded in 1987 as well as the first of his twenty-six books. His most recent research has focused on the future sustainability of ‘humanity’ as a concept in light of post/trans-human challenges, as well as the future of the university as a mainstay of society’s intellectual life. His most recent books are Back to the University’s Future: The Second Coming of Humboldt (Springer 2023) and Media and the Power of Knowledge (Bloomsbury 2025).

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