Knowledge, Belief, and Science Education: A Contribution from the Epistemology of Testimony

This article intends to show that the defense of “understanding” as one of the major goals of science education can be grounded on an anti-reductionist perspective on testimony as a source of knowledge. To do so, we critically revisit the discussion between Harvey Siegel and Alvin Goldman about the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferreira, Tiago Alfredo S., El-Hani, Charbel N., Da Silva Filho, Waldomiro Jose
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105398