Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-212) and index.

1. A philosophical perspective on human learning -- 2. It is the person who learns -- 3. Learning in the social context -- 4. Experience - from which we learn -- 5. The transformation of experience -- 6. The person : changing and becoming more experienced -- 7. Lifelong learning -- 8. Learning and action -- 9. Cognitive theories -- 10. Emotions and learning -- 11. Experiential learning -- 12. Towards a comprehensive theory of human learning?

"This book, the first in a forthcoming series, concentrates on the processes of human learning and considers the fact that research into learning itself has hitherto been unsystematic and, for a while, mainly psychological. In the first section of this book the author argues that learning is existential, and so its study must be complex and interdisciplinary. A number of the existing theories of learning are then critically examined, in order to see how they can be reconciled with a more complex model. Although it is acknowledged from the outset that a totally comprehensive theory of learning is not possible, the ultimate goal of this book (and its forthcoming companion volumes) is nothing less than an endeavor to construct an integrated but critical theory of lifelong learning and the learning society." -- Cover.