Rolf Arnold

Fake News in Science and Education

Leaving Weak Thinking Behind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to oppose the up-and-coming phenomenon of "weak thought." It is a passionate plea for a new Age of Enlightenment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 217g
• ISBN-13: 9781475850499
• ISBN-10: 1475850492
• Artikelnr.: 56152252

Autorenporträt

Rolf Arnold, PhD, obtained his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1983 and his postdoctoral qualification at the Distance University of Hagen, Germany, in 1987. In 2017, he received an honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c) from the West University of Timi¿oara, Romania. Since 1990, he has been Professor of Pedagogy (Vocational and Adult Education) at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also Scientific Director of the Distance and Independent Studies Centre (DISC), Kaiserslautern, Germany, and speaker of the Virtual Campus Rhineland¿Palatinate (VCRP).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Popularization versus populism Chapter 2:
How factual is reality? Chapter 3: Enlightenment: The path of reason
Chapter 4: Emotional knowledge Chapter 5: The way out of the certainty
trap: Patterns of dealing with insecurity Chapter 6: Exit plan from the
irrational About the author