How Do You Know?: The Epistemological Foundations Of 21St Century Literacy

This book defines the concept and practices of literacy. Examining the ways in which the spread of literacy and education have caused culture wars in pluralist societies since the 16th century, the author argues that science, and more broadly evidence-based inductive arguments, offer the only reliable source information and the only peaceful solution to cultural conflict in the 21st century. With a focus on the multifaceted practice of literacy-as-communication, the book calls for a new literacy that incorporates reading and writing with advanced cognitive and epistemological skills.

• • Author: J. M. Beach
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Nov 16, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 268 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 113809806X
• • ISBN-13: 9781138098060