Recovering Wildness: “Earthy” Education and Field Philosophy

This essay invites a recovery of “wildness” as a way for philosophers to respond to the present moment which includes: an ongoing global pandemic, economic uncertainty, increasing cultural division, and a crisis in higher education broadly that persistently threatens the status of philosophy program...

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Autor principal:	Tess Varner
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Warsaw 2021
Materias:	john william miller john dewey wildness field philosophy pedagogy Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad90f01c8ef94cc9a38b821df579a5252021-11-26T20:50:45ZRecovering Wildness: “Earthy” Education and Field Philosophy10.14394/eidos.jpc.2021.00152544-302Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ad90f01c8ef94cc9a38b821df579a5252021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://eidos.uw.edu.pl/recovering-wildness-earthy-education-and-field-philosophy/https://doaj.org/toc/2544-302XThis essay invites a recovery of “wildness” as a way for philosophers to respond to the present moment which includes: an ongoing global pandemic, economic uncertainty, increasing cultural division, and a crisis in higher education broadly that persistently threatens the status of philosophy programs. Drawing on the American thinkers John William Miller and John Dewey and elaborating on their own philosophical defenses of liberal education, I propose a turn to wildness and freedom in our pedagogies through active and embodied philosophical pedagogy, including field philosophy. I offer two examples of courses that begin to invite wildness into the process of philosophical inquiry. The aim of this essay is to consider how wildness in teaching and learning and in doing philosophy might make philosophy stay alive.Tess VarnerUniversity of Warsawarticlejohn william millerjohn deweywildnessfield philosophypedagogyPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENEidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 22-34 (2021)
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description	This essay invites a recovery of “wildness” as a way for philosophers to respond to the present moment which includes: an ongoing global pandemic, economic uncertainty, increasing cultural division, and a crisis in higher education broadly that persistently threatens the status of philosophy programs. Drawing on the American thinkers John William Miller and John Dewey and elaborating on their own philosophical defenses of liberal education, I propose a turn to wildness and freedom in our pedagogies through active and embodied philosophical pedagogy, including field philosophy. I offer two examples of courses that begin to invite wildness into the process of philosophical inquiry. The aim of this essay is to consider how wildness in teaching and learning and in doing philosophy might make philosophy stay alive.
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Recovering Wildness: “Earthy” Education and Field Philosophy

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