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BL
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1022185
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b776555
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Mourad, Roger P., (Roger Philip),1958-
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| Title & Author
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Postmodern philosophical critique and the pursuit of knowledge in higher education /\ Roger P. Mourad, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Bergin & Garvey,, 1997.
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| Series Statement
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Critical studies in education and culture series,
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1 online resource (xiv, 121 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313373639
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: 9780313373633
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089789488X
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0897895541
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9780897894883
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-117) and index.
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| Contents
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Series Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction: Modern Inquiry and Postmodern Critique; 2. The Modern Foundations of Progress in the Pursuit of Knowledge; 3. Lyotard, Rorty, and Schrag: The Search for New Grounds for Inquiry; 4. Foucault and Derrida: Inquiry as Intellectual Activity that Acts Upon and Changes Reality; 5. Past, Present, and Possibility; 6. Expanded Grounds for Inquiry: The Pursuit of Intellectually Compelling Ideas; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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This work explores the philosophical positions of five postmodern thinkers--Lyotard, Rorty, Schrag, Foucault, and Derrida--to show how their critiques imply that scholars are unduly limited by the belief that inquiry is fundamentally about gaining knowledge of phenomena that are assumed to exist prior to and independent of inquiry, and to persist essentially unchanged by inquiry. The author argues that there are good reasons why this constraint is both unnecessary and undesirable, and he resituates the disciplines within a more flexible foundation that would expand what counts as legitimate inqu.
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Education, Higher-- Philosophy.
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Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
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Postmodernism and higher education.
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Research-- Philosophy.
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EDUCATION-- Higher.
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Education, Higher-- Philosophy.
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Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
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Postmodernism and higher education.
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Research-- Philosophy.
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Filosofie.
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Hoger onderwijs.
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Postmodernisme.
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| Dewey Classification
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378/.001
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LB2322.2.M68 1997eb
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