Love & Philosophy Moving Beyond Binaries in Education: Andrea Hiott in Conversation with Tim Logan on Future Learning Design
Oct 31, 2025
In this conversation, Andrea Hiott, a philosopher and cognitive scientist, teams up with Tim Logan, an education leader, to explore innovative educational approaches. They discuss the transformative potential of 4E cognitive science, emphasizing embodied and relational learning over traditional, static methods. Andrea criticizes outdated, memory-centric views and advocates for a dynamic, co-creative process in education. They also highlight the importance of love and attention in reshaping learning, urging educators to embrace relationality while maintaining necessary boundaries.
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4E Cognition Reframes Learning
- 4E cognitive science reframes cognition as embodied, embedded, extended and enacted rather than only in the brain.
- Andrea and Tim argue this view reveals learning happens through bodies, tools, relationships and environments.
Computer Metaphor Narrowed Education
- The brain-as-computer metaphor helped neuroscience but narrowed education to memory and recall.
- Tim and Andrea say that narrow focus colonizes education and overlooks embodied, relational learning.
Rebalance Propositional Knowledge
- Propositional knowledge matters but has been treated as the whole purpose of schooling.
- They call for rebalancing to include body, context and relational processes in education.
