Philip Kitcher was born in 1947 in London (U.K.). He received his B.A. from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He has taught at several American Universities, and is currently John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Columbia. He is the author of books on topics ranging from the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of biology, the growth of science, the role of science in society, naturalistic ethics, pragmatism, Wagner's Ring, Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and Mann's Death in Venice. In 2019, he was awarded the Rescher Medal for contributions to systematic philosophy.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction Part IChapter 1. OverloadChapter 2. IndividualityChapter 3. FulfillmentChapter 4. CitizensChapter 5. Moral DevelopmentChapter 6. A Role for Religion?Part IIChapter 7. The Natural SciencesChapter 8. The ArtsChapter 9. Understanding OurselvesPart IIIChapter 10. Social ChangeChapter 11. Utopia?Appendix 1Appendix 2

A towering achievement, worthy of a place beside the classic works of John Dewey, J. S. Mill, and Rabindranath Tagore. Kitcher's radical and compelling idea is that contemporary societies have been designing education to suit jobs that currently exist, when instead we should be imagining an education system that serves the needs of personal fulfillment and interactive democratic citizenship, and designing other social institutions to support those goals. This is ideal theory in the very best sense: a clear-eyed road map of a difficult destination, together with practical proposals for reaching it, articulated with both clarity and an inclusive love of human beings.

Philip Kitcher was born in 1947 in London (U.K.). He received his B.A. from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He has taught at several American Universities, and is currently John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Columbia. He is the author of books on topics ranging from the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of biology, the growth of science, the role of science in society, naturalistic ethics, pragmatism, Wagner's Ring, Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and Mann's Death in Venice. In 2019, he was awarded the Rescher Medal for contributions to systematic philosophy.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction Part IChapter 1. OverloadChapter 2. IndividualityChapter 3. FulfillmentChapter 4. CitizensChapter 5. Moral DevelopmentChapter 6. A Role for Religion?Part IIChapter 7. The Natural SciencesChapter 8. The ArtsChapter 9. Understanding OurselvesPart IIIChapter 10. Social ChangeChapter 11. Utopia?Appendix 1Appendix 2

A towering achievement, worthy of a place beside the classic works of John Dewey, J. S. Mill, and Rabindranath Tagore. Kitcher's radical and compelling idea is that contemporary societies have been designing education to suit jobs that currently exist, when instead we should be imagining an education system that serves the needs of personal fulfillment and interactive democratic citizenship, and designing other social institutions to support those goals. This is ideal theory in the very best sense: a clear-eyed road map of a difficult destination, together with practical proposals for reaching it, articulated with both clarity and an inclusive love of human beings.

Philip Kitcher was born in 1947 in London (U.K.). He received his B.A. from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He has taught at several American Universities, and is currently John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Columbia. He is the author of books on topics ranging from the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of biology, the growth of science, the role of science in society, naturalistic ethics, pragmatism, Wagner's Ring, Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and Mann's Death in Venice. In 2019, he was awarded the Rescher Medal for contributions to systematic philosophy.

• ContentsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction Part IChapter 1. OverloadChapter 2. IndividualityChapter 3. FulfillmentChapter 4. CitizensChapter 5. Moral DevelopmentChapter 6. A Role for Religion?Part IIChapter 7. The Natural SciencesChapter 8. The ArtsChapter 9. Understanding OurselvesPart IIIChapter 10. Social ChangeChapter 11. Utopia?Appendix 1Appendix 2

A towering achievement, worthy of a place beside the classic works of John Dewey, J. S. Mill, and Rabindranath Tagore. Kitcher's radical and compelling idea is that contemporary societies have been designing education to suit jobs that currently exist, when instead we should be imagining an education system that serves the needs of personal fulfillment and interactive democratic citizenship, and designing other social institutions to support those goals. This is ideal theory in the very best sense: a clear-eyed road map of a difficult destination, together with practical proposals for reaching it, articulated with both clarity and an inclusive love of human beings.