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‘To Catch at and Let Go’ : David Bakhurst, phenomenology and post-phenomenology
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Williams, Emma (2018) ‘To Catch at and Let Go’ : David Bakhurst, phenomenology and post-phenomenology. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 52 (1). pp. 87-104. doi:10.1111/1467-9752.12268 ISSN 0309-8249.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12268
Abstract
This paper examines David Bakhurst's attempt to provide a picture of ‘the kinds of beings we are’ that is ‘more realistic’ than rationalism. I argue that there is much that is rich and compelling in Bakhurst's account. Yet I also question whether there are ways in which it could be taken further. I introduce the discussion by exploring Bakhurst's engagement with phenomenology and, more specifically, Hubert Dreyfus—who enters Bakhurst's horizon on account of his inheritance of the philosophy of John McDowell. Whilst I recognise that Bakhurst's encounter with Dreyfus demonstrates his achievements—over rationalism and over Dreyfus—I also suggest that it opens up certain questions that remain to be asked of his position on account of its conceptualism. These questions originate, not from a Dreyfusian phenomenological perspective, but from the post‐phenomenological perspective of Jacques Derrida. Through appealing to key Derridean tropes, I aim to show why the conceptual idiom Bakhurst retains may hold us back from understanding the open nature of human thought. I end by considering what therefore needs to come—and what needs to be let go—in order to best do justice to the ‘kinds of beings we are’.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bakhurst, David -- Criticism and interpretation, Rationalism, Phenomenology, Dreyfus, Hubert L., McDowell, John, 1942- | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Philosophy of Education | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0309-8249 | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 February 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 87-104 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9752.12268 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 April 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 February 2020 |
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