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In recent times there has been increased recognition of peace education by educational and policy authorities, and also a substantial addition in the number of publications in peace education. Considering the growth of knowledge within peace education, this article reflects on ways peace education as an educational paradigm meets a group of criteria that comprise established frameworks in philosophy of education. The process of knowledge legitimation within science and social science is considered, with some reflections of the role of the Journal of Peace Education in this process of paradigmatic consolidation. ## Knowledge development in science Recently I have been reading a volume of essays on natural science by Stephen Jay Gould (Gould, 1993) and, apart from the interesting historical anecdotes on the work of Charles Darwin and other botanists, paleontologists and biologists, I have been reminded of the way knowledge accumulates and is legitimated within scientific disciplines. Gould recalls intriguing minor incidents-indeed accidents-whereby small discoveries have contributed significantly to the accretion of knowledge in their fields. His work emphasises that these discoverie
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- Author
- John Synott *
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences