This document contains references for three units:
Unit 1 covers the identity and mission of the University and includes references on the history of universities in Europe and conceptualizations of the modern university.
Unit 2 is on critical thinking and arguments and lists references on logic, the use of science, and a rulebook for arguments.
Unit 3 cites sources on the topic of relativism, including encyclopedia entries and blog posts that discuss and critique relativism.
Original Description:
Some sources on relativism and the history of universities
This document contains references for three units:
Unit 1 covers the identity and mission of the University and includes references on the history of universities in Europe and conceptualizations of the modern university.
Unit 2 is on critical thinking and arguments and lists references on logic, the use of science, and a rulebook for arguments.
Unit 3 cites sources on the topic of relativism, including encyclopedia entries and blog posts that discuss and critique relativism.
This document contains references for three units:
Unit 1 covers the identity and mission of the University and includes references on the history of universities in Europe and conceptualizations of the modern university.
Unit 2 is on critical thinking and arguments and lists references on logic, the use of science, and a rulebook for arguments.
Unit 3 cites sources on the topic of relativism, including encyclopedia entries and blog posts that discuss and critique relativism.
1. Rüegg, W. (2003). A history of the University in Europe. Vol. 1
Universities in the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Peters, M.A., Barnett, R. (2018). The idea of the university. A
reader, Volume 1. New York: Peter Lang.
3. Barnett, R. (2015). Thinking and rethinking the university. The
selected works of Ronald Barnett. Abingdon: Routledge.
4. CEPS Ljubljana (2013). Ronald Barnett, Imagining the University.
URL: https://youtu.be/f4NwDJCi7Lg .
Unit 1 On critical thinking and arguments
1. Copi, I. M., Cohen, C., McMahon, K. (2014). Introduction to Logic.
Edinburgh: Pearson.
2. Sagan, C. (1995). The demon-haunted world. Science as a candle in
the dark. New York: Random House.
3. Weston, A. (2017). A rulebook for arguments. Indiana: Hackett
Publishing.
Unit 2 On Relativism
1. Baghramian, Maria and J. Adam Carter, "Relativism", The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/relativism .
2. Boudry, M. (2021). Why relativism is the worst idea ever. Blog of
the APA. URL: https://blog.apaonline.org/2021/07/29/why-relativism- is-the-worst-idea-ever/ 3. Boghossian, P. A. (2006). Fear of Knowledge. Against relativism and constructivism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
4. Gowans, Chris, "Moral Relativism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/moral-relativism/ .