2020
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.12398
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Goldman and Siegel on the Epistemic Aims of Education

Abstract: Philosophers have claimed that education aims at fostering disparate epistemic goals. In this paper we focus on an important segment of this debate involving conversation between Alvin Goldman and Harvey Siegel. Goldman claims that education is essentially aimed at producing true beliefs. Siegel contends that education is essentially aimed at fostering both true beliefs and, independently, critical thinking and rational belief. Although we find Siegel's position intuitively more plausible than Goldman's, we al… Show more

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“…DL socialization activities to students and parents aim to optimize learning activities so that learning objectives can still be achieved. Participation and interaction between teachers and parents, and students will determine the direction and success of achieving educational goals [20], [22].…”
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“…DL socialization activities to students and parents aim to optimize learning activities so that learning objectives can still be achieved. Participation and interaction between teachers and parents, and students will determine the direction and success of achieving educational goals [20], [22].…”
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“…The teacher must identify the source of knowledge and the conditions of the student's family environment. This is necessary because students' environmental conditions significantly affect the success of DL [20]. Not all students make it possible to learn online; thus teachers, still provide worksheet papers as an alternative so that learning objectives can even be achieved.…”
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“…(Siegel 2010, 5). More detailed discussions on this can be found, e.g., in Robertson (2010), Baehr (2020), and Marabini and Moretti (2020). thereby the epistemic character and goals of higher education overall, as well as the epistemic character of those studying within these very institutions.…”
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“…In the article by Marabini and Moretti (2020) there are errors in an in‐text citation and reference.…”
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