Gallery of Scholars

This book offers a personal account of scholars in philosophy and education with whom I have had the good fortune to interact during the course of my half century at Harvard University and elsewhere. My aim in writing this account is threefold: ?rst, to recapture for myself the pleasure of their memorable company for its own sake, secondly, to have occasion to re?ect on the educational impact of their teaching, and, ?nally, to counteract the prevalent amnesia of universities by recalling the conduct of scholars of past generations who still have things to teach us. Iowe thanks to many people who have helped me in this endeavor. Professor Harvey Siegel, Dr. Stefania Jha, and Dr. Rosalind Schef?er read initial versions of the manuscript and gave me the bene?t of their criticisms, as did the publisher's anonymous readers. JoAnne Sorabella and Stefania Jha listened to my readings of a number of these chapters, and JoAnne Sorabella produced several typescripts of the whole with her usual matchless pro?ciency. I presented some portions of the manuscript to the Philosophy of Education Research Center at Harvard and pro?ted from these occasions.After I joined the Mandel Center at Brandeis University in the Fall of 2003, Avital Feuer assisted me ably in readying the ?nal version of the book. And I am grateful to Laurie Schef?er for her meticulous help with proofreading.

"The book offers a rare glimpse from the inside of the most significant intellectual milieu of the Western world, and the insights of one of Harvard philosophya (TM)s most distinguished members. As such it will be of great interest to readers both from within and outside the academy." (Harvey Siegel, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA) "Professor Scheffler writes wonderfully about an impressive array of famous scholars. His portraits are vivid, detailed, exact, often quite amusing, and a ~just righta (TM) in terms of length and range." (David Hansen, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA) "This is the work of a gifted writer and disciplined thinker, an important contribution to the fields of philosophy and philosophy of education on both sides of the Atlantic. [a ]] The strongest aspects of the work are the weaving together of personalities and ideas in a quasi-historical narrative, providing a unique look back at what the life of the mind meant in one professionala (TM)s work." (Steve Tozer, University of Ilinois at Chicago College of Education, USA)