Works by Paul A. Wagner
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- Education for Knowing: Theories of Knowledge for Effective Student Building.Paul A. Wagner &Frank K. Fair -2020 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.The major stakeholder classes in education have three distinct ways by which they judge the quality of knowledge claims. At times this can cause considerable distraction or mis-communication among stakeholders.No categories
- Warranted Indoctrination in Science Education.Paul A. Wagner -2017 - In Michael R. Matthews,History, Philosophy and Science Teaching: New Perspectives. Springer Verlag. pp. 307-315.Through to the early part of the twentieth century the concept of indoctrination was straight-forward and generally free of controversy. Ideological agitations likely fermented by several factors such as a misunderstanding of the progressive education movementProgressive Education Movement, reaction to the growth of FascismEnlightenment, theand Fascism and Communism in Europe especially and student revolts of the sixties and seventies brought with them a host of disturbing connotation surrounding the idea of indoctrination. This is unfortunate as shown in the essay that (...) follows since a simple and clear reading of standard dictionary definitions of indoctrination allow it to serve as an apt benchmark and cautionary guide to practicing science educators. (shrink)No categories
- How Did Philosophy Get Back in the Twentieth Century Pre–High School Classroom?Paul A. Wagner -2024 -Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 33 (1):56-73.Matthew Lipman befriended me at an APA meeting in 1974. Through more than twenty years of phone calls, I got to chat with, consult with, and learn from Matt the details and challenges of developing philosophy for children. He acknowledged that I convinced him that the program needed “branding,” lest anyone present similar-sounding programs—some of which might be good and others not. He got a snippet of a video of my teaching troubled sixth-graders with his book Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery on (...) the Today Show with Bryant Gumbel. That did much to shape my future, as did branding for sustaining Matt’s program. Lipman and I spoke by phone several times every year from 1976 until the mid-1990s. (shrink)No categories
- Compellingness and the search for truth in scientific practice: Einstein showing realities of light and vacuums.Paul A. Wagner -2022 -Metaphilosophy 53 (5):724-735.This paper warns against destructive effects of subjectivist thinking. Subjectivist accounts, as Alan Sokal exposed, promote a distorted view of scientific practice. For example, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity relied on data produced by Fizeau, a physicist trained in classical mechanics. Einstein's use of Fizeau's results shows that the ontological foundation of uncontroversial data transcends conventional speculations. Einstein's employment of Fizeau's results mitigates against ideas such as paradigm shifts and revolutionary science. Instead, the ontology of shared horizons of fact (...) remains largely unadulterated. The descriptions scientists use accommodate received view shifts, but the horizon of fact remains unimpeachably the same. The apt performance of science shows what it means to move further away from error. The only direction away from error is toward truth. To deny the reality of this directionality flies in the face of common sense and prudent science. (shrink)No categories
- Film Review Section 1.James Palermo,Dana T. Elmore,John R. Thelin,Paul A. Wagner,David Neil Silk &Lorraine M. Harner -1980 -Educational Studies 11 (3):251-257.
- Is psychology ready for a cognitivist manifesto: The new doctrine of verification.Paul A. Wagner -1988 -Metaphilosophy 19 (3-4):196-208.No categories
- Book Notices.Paul A. Wagner,Richard A. Quantz,Laurence Stott,Lawanda Johnson,J. E. Christensen,Harvey Neufeldt,Martin Levit &Richard Hult -1982 -Educational Studies 13 (2):294-301.
- for Educational Administrators.Paul A. Wagner -forthcoming -Journal of Thought.
- Games, Logic and Philosophy for Children.Paul A. Wagner &Glenn Freedman -1982 -Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis 3 (2).There is at this point no shortage of testimonials regarding the practice of philosophy for children. In addition, there have been a number of studies which give further support to the claim that philosophy for children is a valuable classroom practice. The idea that pre-college instruction in philosophy is beneficial is no longer in doubt, nor is there a significant lack of materials for use in philosophy for children programs. From Lewis Carroll to Matthew Lipman authors constructed texts that go (...) far in engaging children's philosophical inclinations. If there is any weakness in the practice of philosophy for children it is usually found in the individual classroom. (shrink)No categoriesExport citation
Bookmark - Legal Ethics No Paradigm for Educational Administrators.Paul A. Wagner -2012 -Journal of Thought 47 (1):21.
- Philosophy, Children and "Doing Science".Paul A. Wagner -1979 -Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 1 (1):55-57.No categories
- Philosophy For Children in Houston.Paul A. Wagner -1980 -Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis 1 (1).In Houston several projects in philosophy for children are in process or are about to be initiated. To begin with, I am continuing the work in philosophy for children which I began at the Laboratory School of the University of Missouri in 1976. My earlier work in Missouri focused primarily on the effect of philosophy for children as adjunct in developing children's syntactic skills and their understanding of science. Since arriving here in Houston, I have operated philosophy for children classes (...) for gifted students in the Clear Creek Independent School District of Houston. My interest in philosophy as an adjunct to science education continues and is now accompanied by an additional concern: the use of philosophy to increase student appreciation and understanding of mathematics. (shrink)No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Philosophic Praxis.Paul A. Wagner -1986 -Teaching Philosophy 9 (4):291-299.
- Reason and the Criminal Rehabilitation Process.Paul A. Wagner &Ken Woods -1977 -Journal of Thought 12 (1):20-6.Export citation Bookmark
- Book Review Section 2. [REVIEW]E. V. Johanningmeier,Robert R. Sherman,Paul A. Wagner Jr,Robert M. Caldwell,George Kizer,Patricia A. Schmuck,Rita S. Saslaw &Lewis E. Cloud -1977 -Educational Studies 8 (4):437-459.No categories
- Book Review Section 1. [REVIEW]Kenneth D. Mccracken,Erskine S. Dottin,Henry Grunder,James C. Carper,J. J. Chambliss,Patricia Anne Carter,George R. Knight,F. Michael Perko &Paul A. Wagner -1986 -Educational Studies 17 (4):550-598.No categories
- Book Review Section 2. [REVIEW]David Nyberg,James Palermo,Robert J. Skovira,James Leon,Jerome F. Megna,John W. Myers,Ruth W. Bauer,Spencer J. Maxcy,William E. Roweton,Robert Paul Craig,Paul A. Wagner,Cynthia Porter-Gehrie,David B. Gustavson &Royal T. Fruehling -1980 -Educational Studies 10 (4):423-446.No categories
- Book Review Section 2. [REVIEW]Paul A. Wagner,Victor L. Worsfold,Brian Holmes,E. J. Nicholas,George E. Overholt,Christopher J. Lucas,Alanson van Fleet,James Steve Counelis,John Hardin Best &Robert R. Sherman -1983 -Educational Studies 14 (3):259-302.No categories
- From Critical Thinking to Non-conclusive Argument and Back Again. [REVIEW]Paul A. Wagner -2012 -Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 27 (3):34-38.
- (1 other version)Review of Steven Stich's “From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science”. [REVIEW]Paul A. Wagner -1986 -Cognitive Science 10 (3):365-370.
- Science and the Riddle of Consciousness: A Solution. [REVIEW]Paul A. Wagner -2003 -Review of Metaphysics 56 (3):645-645.In Science and the Riddle of Consciousness, Professor Foss has written not just one book but sketched two in outline. Ostensively his task is to show how one might study matters of consciousness in a scientifically responsible manner. He does not claim, however, that consciousness is something that can be understood in wholly empirical fashion. Several times Foss acknowledges that his approach may not lay bare all there is to know about consciousness. His quest is not a metaphysical journey. The (...) alert reader, however, may find such disavowals somewhat disingenuous. (shrink)
- Truth as Lighthouse: A Review of Mark Weinstein’s Logic, Truth, and Inquiry. [REVIEW]Paul A. Wagner -2014 -Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 29 (3):39-46.In this review of Mark Weinstein’s Logic, Truth, and Inquiry, a book in which Weinstein explains his conception of the Method of Emerging Truth (MET), the reviewer, Paul Wagner, appreciates Weinstein’s assertion that “The MET attempts to characterize the process of truth emerging as evidence of the epistemic adequacy of the warrants that support theoretical explanations and govern theory driven inferences.” While he finds several things to question in Weinstein’s explanation of this conception, the reviewer, nonetheless, concludes that “This is (...) a book I heartily recommend to every reader especially those interested in critical thinking but whose academic preparation and home is outside philosophy or logic.”. (shrink)No categories
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