Monthly Archives: January 2017

Supervision #1

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

I had my first formal supervision meeting a couple of weeks ago, and then got sucked into a maelstrom of new students. I just about found the time to print flyers and posters and send some feelers out for participants, … Continue reading →

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The myth of the autonomous teenager

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

White, J. 1997. Philosophy and the aims of higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 22 (1), pp7-17. I got a bit low constructing a response to this paper, because it was published in the same year I went to university … Continue reading →

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Gadamer and solidarity

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Lindsay Jordan

After Truth and Method, Gadamer shifted from writing about tradition to solidarity. Both concepts relate to deep-seated agreements about the way things are or should be, but solidarity bears an element of forward-thinking, of future aspirations with a basis of … Continue reading →

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