Revisited: “What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion”

2025/11/27 by Michael Hand · 1 voice · 1 citation
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Educational Strategies and Epistemologies #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/edth.70065

openalex publication_date 2025/11/27 · openalex created_date 2025/11/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract In this invited essay for the 75 th Anniversary Special Issue of Educational Theory , I revisit my 2008 article “What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion.” I briefly summarize my argument, then survey the various objections it has attracted in the years since its publication. I focus in on a criticism I call the value worry about the epistemic criterion and try to show that it is unsuccessful.

Citations

• The Procedurally Directive Approach to Teaching Controversial Issues

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Discussions

• Michael Hand offers a reflection on his 2008 article, “What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion,” for Educational Theory’s 75th anniversary issue. [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]