Learning by doing: paideia and phronesis in Aristóteles

Authors

  • Alfredo Marcos Universidade de Barcelona

Keywords:

virtues education, values education, prudence, happiness, human nature, Aristotle

Abstract

It is commonly believed that the education system presents deep problems in many places around the world. In part, the shortcomings of the contemporary paideia are due to the lack of clarity in its objectives, as well as to the lack of foundation and functionality of their values. In this paper we study the possible contribution of the Aristotelian tradition to overcome these shortcomings. In order to answer this question, we bring here some of the writings of Aristotle and neo-Aristotelian contemporaries thinkers, such as Alasdair MacIntyre, Hans Jonas, Amartya Sen and Pierre Aubenque. The conclusion is that the Aristotelian tradition can help us indeed in identifying the proper purposes of education. For this task, the Aristotelian concepts of human nature, function of human being and happiness are very valuable. At the same time, we find in the Aristotelian tradition sound arguments to found the values. Finally, we defend here the proposal of some sort of virtues education, along with values education, with special emphasis on the virtue of phronesis.

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Author Biography

Alfredo Marcos, Universidade de Barcelona

Dadja Mara Amilibia Hermann Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq - Nível 1C Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1973), mestrado em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1982) e doutorado em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1995), com doutorado sanduíche na Universidade de Heidelberg. Foi professora titular de Filosofia da Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul de 1997 a 2005. Coordenou o Comitê de Educação e Psicologia da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul no período de 2002 a 2006. Realizou estágios de pesquisa na Universidade de Heidelberg/Erziehungswissensschatliches Seminar nos anos de 1998, 1999 e 2005. Atualmente é professora adjunta da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência na área de Educação, com ênfase em Filosofia da Educação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: filosofia da educacao, racionalidade, hermenâutica, Habermas, Gadamer, ética, ética e estética. (Texto informado pelo autor)

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Published

2011-04-14

How to Cite

Marcos, A. (2011). Learning by doing: paideia and phronesis in Aristóteles. Educação, 34(1). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/faced/article/view/8664

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2011): Dossier - Education and interpretative plurality

Section

Dossier – Training and Interpretative Pluralism

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