Biography:William Hare (philosopher)

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Short description: British philosopher (born 1944)
William Francis Hare
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Born (1944-02-07) February 7, 1944 (age 80)
RegionWestern Philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of Education

William Hare (born February 7, 1944) is a philosopher whose writings deal primarily with problems in philosophy of education. He attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, 1955–62. After receiving his B.A. from the University of London (1965), he gained an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Leicester (1968), and a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto (1971). He was Professor of Education and Philosophy at Dalhousie University from 1970 to 1995, and subsequently Professor of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University until his retirement in June 2008. He is now Professor Emeritus. He is known mainly for his work on open-mindedness, and has published several papers dealing with philosophical ideas about education in the work of Bertrand Russell.[1]

Selected books

  • Open-mindedness and Education (1979)[2][3]
  • In Defence of Open-mindedness (1985)[4][5]
  • What Makes a Good Teacher (1993)[6][7]

Edited works

(with John P. Portelli)

  • Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings (1988, 1996, 2001)[8]
  • Key Questions For Educators (2005)[9]

Publications

References

  1. Talaska, Richard A. (1992). Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture. SUNY Press. pp. 112–. ISBN 9780791409794. https://books.google.com/books?id=otozRKqVyoYC&pg=PA112. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 
  2. O'Leary, P. T. (1981). Hare, William. ed. "Open-Mindedness and Education". The Journal of Educational Thought 15 (1): 82–85. ISSN 0022-0701. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23768244. 
  3. Kazepides, Tasos (1981). "Review of Open-Mindedness and Education". Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation 6 (2): 141–144. doi:10.2307/1494793. ISSN 0380-2361. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1494793. 
  4. Hart, Hendrik (1987). "In Defence of Open-MindednessWilliam Hare Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985. Pp. xiii, 121. 8.95 paper" (in en). Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie 26 (2): 378–380. doi:10.1017/S0012217300038361. ISSN 1759-0949. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/dialogue-canadian-philosophical-review-revue-canadienne-de-philosophie/article/abs/in-defence-of-openmindednesswilliam-hare-kingston-and-montreal-mcgillqueens-university-press-1985-pp-xiii-121-1795-895-paper/99691C70865B89A190A05CC265BF88C4. 
  5. Ellett, Frederick S. (1987). "Review of In Defence of Open-Mindedness". Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation 12 (1): 256–264. doi:10.2307/1495014. ISSN 0380-2361. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1495014. 
  6. Friesen, David W. (1994). "Review of What makes a good teacher". The Journal of Educational Thought 28 (3): 325–328. ISSN 0022-0701. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23767580. 
  7. Berner, Audrey (1994-01-01). "WHAT MAKES A GOOD TEACHER? (Author: William Hare)" (in en). McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill 29 (1). ISSN 1916-0666. https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8155/6083. 
  8. Darling, Linda Farr (2006-04-30). "Review of "Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings (3rd Edition)"" (in en). Philosophical Inquiry in Education 15 (1): 95–101. ISSN 2369-8659. https://journals.sfu.ca/pie/index.php/pie/article/view/49. 
  9. Kerr, Donald (2006). ""Key Questions for Educators" (William Hare and John P. Portelli (Eds.))" (in en). Paideusis 15 (2): 107–108. doi:10.7202/1072685ar. ISSN 0838-4517. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/paideusis/2006-v15-n2-paideusis05596/1072685ar.pdf. 

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