Michael Hand je profesorem filozofie vzdělávání, jehož výzkum se soustředí na morální, politické, náboženské a filozofické aspekty vzdělávání. Zabývá se zásadními otázkami, jako je výchova k vlastenectví, povaha a cíle náboženského vzdělávání a ospravedlnitelnost víry škol. Ve své práci zkoumá také autonomii jako vzdělávací cíl, filozofii ve školách a způsoby, jak se vyrovnávat s kontroverzními tématy ve třídě. Jeho odborné znalosti jsou cenné pro každého, kdo se zajímá o hlubší filozofické základy vzdělávání.
The book presents an innovative theory of moral education, aiming to address persistent conflicts among educational theorists. It provides a comprehensive exploration of the objectives and techniques involved in teaching morality, offering a fresh perspective on how moral education can be effectively implemented.
The new edition of a comprehensive and rigorous but concise introduction to symbolic logic. Logic Primer offers a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to symbolic logic, providing concise definitions of key concepts, illustrative examples, and exercises. After presenting the definitions of validity and soundness, the book goes on to introduce a formal language, proof theory, and formal semantics for sentential logic (chapters 1–3) and for first-order predicate logic (chapters 4–6) with identity (chapter 7). For this third edition, the material has been reorganized from four chapters into seven, increasing the modularity of the text and enabling teachers to choose alternative paths through the book. New exercises have been added, and all exercises are now arranged to support students moving from easier to harder problems. Its spare and elegant treatment makes Logic Primer unique among textbooks. It presents the material with minimal chattiness, allowing students to proceed more directly from topic to topic and leaving instructors free to cover the subject matter in the way that best suits their students. The book includes more than thirty exercise sets, with answers to many of them provided in an appendix. The book’s website allows students to enter and check proofs, truth tables, and other exercises interactively.