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Let me first say what I like about this fine book. Most books on education are stupefyingly boring; this book is anything but that. Egan is fun to read. The writing is lucid; the book is full of "deep" background research which bolsters the main argument and often is interesting in its own right. The argument is puissant and persuasive. And then there is the irony. Those who know Egan will recognize it as his own voice-the argument forever at risk of falling off the track into quiet belly laughs. The book exemplifies the argument; the writer acts the role of the ironic understander. Egan postulates five types of understanding which at least some cultures have achieved over much time-Somatic, Mythic, Romantic, Philosophic and Ironic. Individuals, he believes, can make the same voyage. The beauty of this theory is that it is not a causal theory a la Piaget, Kohlberg, and others. It is an epistemological theory-the story of an increasing degree of understanding of the possibility of and constrictions on our ability to know our world. My interest here is to unpack ironic understanding and consider what it might imply for those of us who are interested in promoting critical thinking in education

A Review of Kieran Egan's The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding