Laurent Dessberg

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Laurent Dessberg is a philosopher. He earned his PhD from the University of Provence, France, followed by postdoctoral training at the CNRS-IREDU, Institute for Research on Economics and Sociology in Education-France. He was Publisher in philosophy of education, Fabert-France, and held Lectureships at the University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne V, and at the University of Burgundy, Dijon-France. In addition to Philosophy of Education and Political Philosophy, his current research and writing focuses on the use of the method of revision in Pragmatism. This pertains to the development of cognitive sets and capabilities for reconstructing beliefs and preferences within democratic societies.

Policy, Precarity and Professionalism: Academic Life Under Neoliberalism in Higher Education. Researcher(s): Mr Matthew Blanchard. Supervisor(s): Dr Laurent Dessberg, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Education, démocratie, révision et pragmatisme Dessberg, L., (2016). Sarrbrücken, Germany: Editions Universitaires Européennes. [Book]
Perezhivanie as signifier: understanding the student experience of learning outcomes in higher education Ma, J., Stewart, Y., Dessberg, L., The Postmodernity of Education. [Conference paper]
Critical thinking as an act of argumentation in academic writing Ma, J., Bainbridge, A., Dessberg, L., Theory Infatuated or Mind Dead. [Conference paper]
Richard Rorty: Une philosophie de l’éducation entre élitisme et conservatisme? Dessberg, L., (2012), Philosophie de l’éducation – Itinéraires américans. Paris: Harmattan. [Book chapter]
Henri Bergson and the moral conditions of Marranism Dessberg, L., (2011), Versteckter Glaube oder doppelte Identität? Das Bild des Marranentums im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert = Concealed Faith or Double Identity? The Image of Marranism in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Hildesheim: Goerg Olms Verlag. [Book chapter]
Dewey, Durkheim: la discipline scolaire et le politique Dessberg, L., Meuret, D., (2010): Université de Rouen. [Journal article]
La notion de croissance chez Dewey et Rorty Dessberg, L., (2010): Presses Universitaires de Caen. [Journal article]
Deliberative democracy and the improvement of children’s rational thinking Dessberg, L., Creativity and the Child: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. [Book chapter]

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