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Maria Montessori (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Maria Montessori (1870–1952) was one of the most influential pedagogues of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, developing an educational method that currently guides over 15,000 schools in dozens of countries. Montessori was never merely a teacher, however. She was a psychologist, anthropologist, doctor, cultural critic, and philosopher. Her writings span a wide range of philosophical issues, from metaphysics to political philosophy, but she always discusses philosophical issues in ways that make use of insights—what she calls revelations—gleaned from her work with children. In recent years, philosophers have begun to attend to her work. After a short overview of her life and most philosophically important works, this entry discusses Montessori’s philosophy of education, metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory. Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Ancona, Italy, on August 31, 1870 and died in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on May 6, 19

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