Comments on: “Openness” – Ideology or Rationality?

By: A reflection for open education week | Phil's work blog

A reflection for open education week | Phil's work blog — Mon, 26 May 2014 13:49:51 +0000

[…] technical specifications to one which put openness at the centre. This wasn’t done for any ideological reason, but because we had an aim, “share stuff”, and the open approach seemed the one that […]

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Whose university? why? pt 3 » FOLLOWERS OF THE APOCALYPSE — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:55:52 +0000

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By: Lorna M. Campbell

Lorna M. Campbell — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:31:33 +0000

Hmmmmm interesting. I think I agree with your general hypothesis although there are more than a new individual statements I would query. E.g. “The problem with ideologies is that they are prejudice presented as common sense.” Oh rlly? However I swore off arguing about Habermass, Locke and Mill in 1993 and I’m not sure I wan’t to get drawn into those debates again! I will say this though, I certainly agree with the following statement…

“if mechanism and theory are taken into account, asking about “openness” and public policy is not a single question but a prompt to ask questions in a range of contexts.”

I think that’s what is interesting about all these debates about “openness” in all their guises. They prompt us to ask a whole host of questions about the status quo.

By: Bas Cordewener

Bas Cordewener — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:26:56 +0000

Hi Adam, good piece, thought provoking. Will check those Rufus Pollock papers. Thanks, Bas