phoenix

OUR BOOKS
NEWS
READ ONLINE
ABOUT THE PRESS
[jacket image]
[Add to cart]
or
Print an order form.

Kieran Egan

The Educated Mind

How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding

310 pages,  6 x 9  © 1997

Paper $23.00

ISBN: 9780226190396   Published December 1998

E-book from $5.00 to $23.00 (about e-books)

ISBN: 9780226190402

Related links: Read the introduction.
Additional material related to The Educated Mind can be found on Egan's website.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One
1. Three Old Ideas and a New One
2. Mythic Understanding
3. Romantic Understanding
4. Philosophic Understanding
5. Ironic Understanding and Somatic Understanding
6. Some Questions and Answers
Part Two
7. Some Implications for the Curriculum
8. Some Implications for Teaching
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Subjects


You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, consult our international information page.

Questions about this title? email sales@press.uchicago.edu.


Book search: Complete site menu:

Author, title, or keyword
More search options

The University of Chicago Press1427 East 60th StreetChicago, IL 60637 USA
Voice: 773.702.7700Fax: 773.702.9756