ANALYTIC TEACHING  AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRAXIS   Vol. 31 No.1

Editor’s notes
Welcome to another volume of Analytic Teaching 

and Philosophical Praxis.  This volume finds us consid-
ering an issue that goes to the heart of both educa-
tion and philosophy, namely, what has happened to 
the pursuit of wisdom? The ten articles that make up 
volume 31 approach this question from a variety of per-
spectives, some of which consider it through the lens 
of pedagogy (Levanon, Barris and Ruff, Cowley), some 
through the analysis of specific philosophers and de-
bates (Hall, Kraemer, Harwood, Kitanov, Windhorst), 
while others (Gardner and Gayle) see the question as 
a challenge to the discipline of philosophy itself.  Four 
of the papers presented in this volume were presented 
at a conference on Wisdom hosted by Viterbo Univer-
sity (April 15-17, 2010) organized by Rick Kyte and the 
D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership.  The 
conference was a considerable success, thanks in large 
part to the efforts of Rick Kyte, and it was really the 
occasion of the conference that gave me the idea to put 
out a larger call-for-papers on the topic of wisdom and 
higher education to complement the conference pa-
pers.  Taken together, the articles explore a number of 
thorny issues surrounding not only how wisdom might 
be taught, but also whether it can even be defined.  

It has become something of a commonplace to la-
ment the ascension of knowledge over wisdom that so 
defines contemporary culture.  It is my hope that you 
will find the articles collected here offer an insightful 
and engaging response to the question, “What remains 
of the pursuit of wisdom”?    

Happy reading, 

  Jason J. Howard

EDITOR
Jason J. Howard

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Patrick Costello
Glyndŵr University, Wales
David Kennedy
Montclair State University
Judy Kyle
Educational Consultant
Montreal, Canada
Richard Kyte
D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in
Leadership, Viterbo University
Richard Morehouse, Emeritus
Viterbo University
Felix García Moriyón
Center for Philosophy for Children
Madrid, Spain
Michael Pritchard
Western Michigan University
Michel Sasseville
Laval University, Quebec
David Smith
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Susan Wilks
University of Melbourne, Australia
Michael Wodzak
Viterbo University

BOOK REVIEW EDITORS
Gilbert Burgh
University of Queensland, Australia
Trevor Curnow
St. Martin’s College

LAYOUT DESIGN ASSISTANT
Adam Alexander

PUBLISHER
Viterbo University
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
Copyright 2005
Analytic Teaching is published twice a year.

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