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A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education“A Spontaneous Following”: Wittgenstein, Education and the Limits of Trust

A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education: “A Spontaneous Following”: Wittgenstein, Education and... [It is now commonly argued that trustTrust is fundamental to numerous and varied sorts of human relationships and activities and that educationEducation takes place within a fiduciary framework: that a basic trust is essential to child development and the very possibility of initiate learningInitiate learning. It has also been suggested that Wittgenstein’sWittgenstein remarks in On CertaintyOn certainty describe a “fundamental attitude of trust”. I argue that accounts of a generalized, backgroundBackground attitude of trustTrust misuse the term “trust” and that no such notion is to be found in Wittgenstein’s remarks. Rather, Wittgenstein’s soft naturalismSoft naturalism suggests that the phenomenon described is better understood as ein spontanes Mitgehen (a spontaneous following), something that he appears to have relied upon in his own, idiosyncratic approach to teachingTeaching.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education“A Spontaneous Following”: Wittgenstein, Education and the Limits of Trust

Editors: Peters, Michael A.; Stickney, Jeff
Burwood, Stephen
A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education — May 4, 2017
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Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
ISBN
978-981-10-3134-2
Pages
161 –177
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-3136-6_11
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Abstract

[It is now commonly argued that trustTrust is fundamental to numerous and varied sorts of human relationships and activities and that educationEducation takes place within a fiduciary framework: that a basic trust is essential to child development and the very possibility of initiate learningInitiate learning. It has also been suggested that Wittgenstein’sWittgenstein remarks in On CertaintyOn certainty describe a “fundamental attitude of trust”. I argue that accounts of a generalized, backgroundBackground attitude of trustTrust misuse the term “trust” and that no such notion is to be found in Wittgenstein’s remarks. Rather, Wittgenstein’s soft naturalismSoft naturalism suggests that the phenomenon described is better understood as ein spontanes Mitgehen (a spontaneous following), something that he appears to have relied upon in his own, idiosyncratic approach to teachingTeaching.]

Published: May 4, 2017

Keywords: Basic attitude of trust; Initiate learning; On Certainty; Soft naturalism

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