Fredrik Tilhon-Lindén
Doctoral Student
Unit for Subject Matter Education with specialization in Social StudiesAbout Fredrik Tilhon-Lindén
PhD student in Social Science Education at the graduate school Center for Educational Science and Teacher Research (CUL). Affiliated with the department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies (IDPP).
I have a background as a teacher in Social Science subjects in the later years of primary school. My research revolves around the curriculum as a tool for conveying democratically agreed-upon ideas about reality and knowledge.
Using analytical philosophy in general, and John Searle's philosophy of society in particular, I investigate the ontological and epistemological positions upon which primary school syllabi in social science subjects rest. Do teachers have the task of conveying objective knowledge, and if so, what is it, or is it as they say, 'anything goes'? In times of almost endless conflict about what is true and false, I find these questions very thought-provoking.