David Stenhouse (born 23 May 1932, in Sutton, Surrey, England) was an English philosopher and biologist. 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.
Early life and family 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 After taking degrees in both Philosophy (under John Passmore) and Zoology at the University of Otago, 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
Books 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 Stenhouse, David (1960), "The Redpoll in New Zealand : Interbreeding Sub-species", Nature, 186 (4723): 488–490, Bibcode:1960Natur.186..488S, doi:10.1038/186488a0, S2CID 4151689 Stenhouse, David (1962), "A New Habit of the Redpoll Carduelis Flammea in New Zealand", Ibis, 104 (2): 250–252, doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1962.tb08652.x "TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE NEW ZEALAND REDPOLL, CARDUELIS FLAMMEA: A REASSESSMENT" (PDF), Notornis, 10 (2): 61–67, 1962, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015, retrieved 24 May 2015 Stenhouse, David (1963), "Breeding attempt of Struthidea in Brisbane", Emu, 63 (4): 283–286, doi:10.1071/mu963283 Stenhouse, David (1965), "Teleonomic Teaching and the Supply of Biologists", Nature, 206 (4987): 867–868, Bibcode:1965Natur.206..867S, doi:10.1038/206867a0, PMID 5839839, S2CID 45424458 Stenhouse, David (1965), "A general theory for the evolution of intelligent behaviour.", Nature, 208 (5012): 815, Bibcode:1965Natur.208..815S, doi:10.1038/208815a0, PMID 5868903 Stenhouse, David (1968), "O'Connor's Paradox and the Teaching of Educational Philosophy", British Journal of Educational Studies, 16 (3): 243–257, doi:10.1080/00071005.1968.9973223, JSTOR 3119288 Stenhouse, David (1969), "Good Persons, Good Teachers and Language-Games", Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1 (1): 41–50, doi:10.1111/j.1469-5812.1969.tb00366.x Stenhouse, David (1971), "Scientific Creativity: "Normal" or "Revolutionary", Australian Journal of Education, 15 (2): 171–84, doi:10.1177/000494417101500205, S2CID 147436423 Stenhouse, David (1976), "Objective Tests, Creativity and Language Games", Australian Journal of Education, 20 (2): 169–83, doi:10.1177/000494417602000204, S2CID 143929555 Stenhouse, David (1976), "Evolutionary, Adaptive, and Ethogical Considerations in the Assessment of Intelligence", Interchange, 7 (3): 51–61, doi:10.1007/bf02142632, S2CID 144724403 D Stenhouse, MJR Gaffikin (1976), "Behavioural accounting and the changing nature of the human behavioural/social sciences : some implications of the ethological revolution", Occasional Paper, Massey University, New Zealand. Stenhouse, David (1977), "Human Ethology, Education, and Learning", Interchange, 8 (3): 89–101, doi:10.1007/bf01189297, S2CID 144382806 Stenhouse, David (1979), "The Wittgensteinian Revolution and Linguistic Philosophy: Some Implications for Education and Educational Philosophy", PhD Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand. Stenhouse, David (1986), "Conceptual Change in Science Education: Paradigms and Language-Games", Science Education, 70 (4): 413–25, Bibcode:1986SciEd..70..413S, doi:10.1002/sce.3730700407
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