William Hare (philosopher)

Infobox Philosopher
region = Western Philosophy
era = 20th-century philosophy
color = #B0C4DE

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image_caption =
name = William Francis Hare
birth = Birth date|1944|2|7|
main_interests = Philosophy of Education

William Hare (born February 7, 1944, Leicester, UK) is a philosopher whose writings deal primarily with problems in philosophy of education. After receiving his B.A. from the University of London (1965), he gained an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Leicester (1968), and a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto (1971). He was Professor of Education and Philosophy at Dalhousie University from 1970-95, and subsequently Professor of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University until his retirement in June 2008. He is now ProfessorEmeritus. He is known mainly for his work on open-mindedness, and has published several papers on Bertrand Russell's philosophy of education.

External links

* [http://www.williamhare.org/ William Hare's web page]

elected books

* Open-mindedness and Education (1979)
* In Defence of Open-mindedness (1985)
* What Makes a Good Teacher (1993)

Edited works

* Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings (1988, 1996, 2001)
* Key Questions For Educators (2005)
* These two collections are co-edited with John P. Portelli.

Recent papers

* "Credibility and credulity: Monitoring teachers for trustworthiness", Journal of Philosophy of Education 41, 2, 2007: 207-19.
* "Why open-mindedness matters", Think 13, 2006: 7-15.
* "Assessing one’s own open-mindedness", Philosophy Now 47, 2004: 26-28 .
* "Is it good to be open-minded?", International Journal of Applied Philosophy 17, 1, 2003: 73-87.
* "Bertrand Russell and the ideal of critical receptiveness", Skeptical Inquirer 25, 3, 2001: 40-44