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Overview

David Carr is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the Arts and Humanities, focusing extensively on Philosophy with additional emphasis on Education, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ocean Engineering, and Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

Their work engages with several specific topics, including:

  • Philosophy and Historical Thought
  • Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
  • Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
  • Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Art Education and Development
  • Visual Culture and Art Theory

David Carr has published multiple papers across a range of venues, with key recent works including:

  • "Personal identity is social identity" (2020) in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
  • "Diverse Senses, and Six Conceptions, of Education" (2023) in Revista Española de Pedagogía
  • "On the Educational Significance and Value of Visual Arts" (2022) in Journal of Aesthetic Education
  • "Narrative, Knowledge, and Moral Character in Art and Literature" (2021) in Journal of Aesthetic Education

The frequent publication venues for their work also include Continental Philosophy Review and Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach that crosses humanities and applied sciences.

David Carr has collaborated with other researchers on various projects. Their frequent coauthors include Danny Golden, Thomas K. Doyle, Michael Borg, and Rigo Bosman.

Best Publications

  • Time, Narrative, and History

    David Carr

  • Husserl: An Analysis of His Phenomenology

    Paul Ricoeur;David Carr;Edward G. Ballard;Lester E. Embree

  • Narrative and the Real World: An Argument for Continuity

    David Carr

  • Phenomenology and the Problem of History: A Study of Husserl's Transcendental Philosophy

    David Carr

  • Professionalism and ethics in teaching

    David Carr

  • Professional and personal values and virtues in education and teaching

    David Carr

  • Educating the Virtues : An Essay on the Philosophical Psychology of Moral Development and Education

    David Carr

  • CHARACTER IN TEACHING

    David Carr

  • Making Sense of Education : An Introduction to the Philosophy and Theory of Education and Teaching

    David Carr

  • The moral roots of citizenship: reconciling principle and character in citizenship education

    David Carr

  • The Logic of Knowing How and Ability

    David Carr

  • The philosophy of literature

    David Carr

  • Virtue Ethics and Moral Education

    David Carr;Jan Steutel

  • Professional Education and Professional Ethics Right to Die or Duty to Live

    David Carr

  • Towards a Distinctive Conception of Spiritual Education

    David Carr

  • Questions of competence

    David Carr

  • On the Contribution of Literature and the Arts to the Educational Cultivation of Moral Virtue, Feeling and Emotion.

    David Carr

  • The Paradox of Subjectivity: The Self in the Transcendental Tradition

    David Carr

  • 1. NARRATIVE EXPLANATION AND ITS MALCONTENTS

    David Carr

  • Plural and Conflicting Values

    David Carr

  • Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism.

    David Carr;Owen Flanagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur Université Paris Cité
Hubert L. Dreyfus
Hubert L. Dreyfus University of California, Berkeley
Liz Bondi
Liz Bondi University of Edinburgh
Larry Nucci
Larry Nucci University of California, Berkeley

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