Revisited: 'What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion'
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| Title: | Revisited: 'What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Michael Hand (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Theory. 2026 76(1):50-56. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: | Controversial Issues (Course Content), Epistemology, Educational Theories, Criticism, Ethical Instruction |
| DOI: | 10.1111/edth.70065 |
| ISSN: | 0013-2004 1741-5446 |
| Abstract: | In this invited essay for the 75th Anniversary Special Issue of "Educational Theory," I revisit my 2008 article "What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion." I briefly summarize my argument, then survey the various objections it has attracted in the years since its publication. I focus in on a criticism I call the "value worry" about the epistemic criterion and try to show that it is unsuccessful. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1495305 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In this invited essay for the 75th Anniversary Special Issue of "Educational Theory," I revisit my 2008 article "What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion." I briefly summarize my argument, then survey the various objections it has attracted in the years since its publication. I focus in on a criticism I call the "value worry" about the epistemic criterion and try to show that it is unsuccessful. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-2004 1741-5446 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/edth.70065 |
