Explanation of Mortimer Adler's epistemological perspective on the Paideia curriculum

The main purpose of this paper is to explain the epistemological foundations of the Paideia project and its critique. Philosophical foundations, psychological foundations, sociological foundations, and historical foundations are considered as the basic foundations of education, especially in the field of curriculum, and the epistemological basis can be analyzed in the context of philosophical foundations... In this article, Adler's epistemological perspective on the twentieth century is examined, and the connection between this theory and his proposed curriculum, Paideia, is explained. The research method in the present article is descriptive-analytical and critique based on contemporary perspectives. According to the findings of the present article, there is a coherent relationship between the levels of good for the mind and the forms of knowledge that are presented in Adler's epistemological perspective and the levels of learning in his proposed curriculum. However, critiques based on contemporary views can be made on his epistemological perspective. Adler did not pay attention to tacit knowledge. Secondly, he did not refer to the point of science in the discussion of "universality" and "stability" and therefore situated in challenge of "the dynamics of science. Third, he did not develop the skills proposed in the Paideia curriculum based on the epistemological form of "knowing how".