The organisation of thought, educational and scientific
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"The organisation of thought, educational and scientific" by Alfred North Whitehead is a collection of essays on education and the philosophy of science written in the early 20th century. It advocates a living, integrated approach to learning that unites theory with practice, rejects “inert ideas,” and reshapes curricula—especially mathematics and technical training—to cultivate judgment, creativity, and style. The volume likely moves from classroom reform and the social purpose of technical education to broader reflections on scientific concepts and how thought is organized. The opening of this volume sets its scope in a preface—first essays on education, then pieces on the philosophy of science—before launching, amid wartime urgency, a plea for reform. Chapter I lays down two rules (teach few subjects, teach them thoroughly), attacks inert information, argues that proof and use must go together, criticizes uniform external examinations, and defines education as cultivating culture,
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