William Hare (philosopher)

William Francis Hare
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Born	(1944-02-07)February 7, 1944
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
Main interests	Philosophy of Education

William Hare (born February 7, 1944, Leicester, UK) is a philosopher whose writings deal primarily with problems in philosophy of education. He attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, 1955–62. After receiving his B.A. from the University of London (1965), he gained an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Leicester (1968), and a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto (1971). He was Professor of Education and Philosophy at Dalhousie University from 1970–95, and subsequently Professor of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University until his retirement in June 2008. He is now Professor Emeritus. He is known mainly for his work on open-mindedness, and has published several papers dealing with philosophical ideas about education in the work of Bertrand Russell.

External links

• William Hare's web page

Selected books

• Open-mindedness and Education (1979)
• In Defence of Open-mindedness (1985)
• What Makes a Good Teacher (1993)

Edited works

• Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings (1988, 1996, 2001)
• Key Questions For Educators (2005)
• These two collections are co-edited with John P. Portelli.