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David Stenhouse

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David Stenhouse
Born(1932-05-23)23 May 1932
Died27 August 2013(2013-08-27) (aged 81)
Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
OccupationAuthor

David Stenhouse (born 23 May 1932, in Sutton, Surrey, England. He proposed the "4-factor" theory of evolutionary intelligence and was active in ethology, education, evolutionary biology and philosophy of science in Australia and New Zealand.

He died after a short illness on 27 August 2013 in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[1]

Early life and family

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Stenhouse spent his childhood on the outskirts of London and in South-West Scotland, where his parents were from. His paternal grandfather, also called David, was the headmaster of the Sandbank school. The son of J.F.M. & M.M. Stenhouse, he has one sister, Joyce. His parents moved to New Zealand when he was in his teens. He has 7 children from 2 marriages. His eldest son, Dr. John Stenhouse, was a lecturer in History at Massey University, and is currently Associate Professor in History at the University of Otago.

Work

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After taking degrees in both Philosophy (under John Passmore) and Zoology at the University of Otago,[2] he lectured at universities in New Zealand and Australia – in the Department of Zoology at The University of Queensland, the Department of Education at Massey University, and the Department of Psychology at Massey University. He is the author of a number of books and articles.

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Crisis in Abundance, published in 1966 (Heinemann).
  • Unstated assumptions in education : a cross-cultural investigation, published in 1972 (ISBN 9780457012108).
  • The Evolution of Intelligence : A general theory and some of its implications, published in 1974 (Allen and Unwin, ISBN 978-0-04-575017-7 and ISBN 978-0-06-496518-7) (Japanese edition: "Chino no shinka : chiteki kodo no ippan riron"; Italian edition).
  • Active Philosophy in Education and Science: Paradigms and Language-Games, published in 1985 (Cambridge, MA: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-370142-3 and ISBN 978-0-04-370141-6).

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ "View David STENHOUSE's Notice on nzherald.co.nz and share memories".
  2. ^ Stenhouse, David (1979). The Wittgensteinian revolution and linguistic philosophy : some implications for education and educational philosophy (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3660.