Education, like every other important branch of knowledge, has its underlying philosophical
problems. It is these problems and the attempts to solve them which together make up the …

When originally published in 1965 this book reflected some of the new thinking among
philosophers regarding the role of the discipline in its investigation of central issues in …

It is sometimes said that the philosophy of education is not a serious and coherent
philosophical area of inquiry. John Wilson examines this argument, taking it as the starting …

THERE are two sorts of things that go by the name of philoso-phy of education today, one
traditional and one newish. The newish sort of thing is what is called" analytical philosophy …

The contributors to this collection of essays offer a stimulating and varied range of
approaches to this developing area. The volume includes discussions on the concept of …

For two reasons, we are particularly proud to include Wolfgang Brezinka's Philosophy of
Educational Knowledge in this series of books on Philosophy of Education. Thefirst is the …

THIS book has grown up in connection with the compiler's classes, especially with his
principal course in the philosophy of education. With this origin its chief function has been to …

Bernard Lonergan devoted much of his life's work to developing a generalized method of
inquiry, an integrated view which would overcome the fragmentation of knowledge in our …

A series of public lectures given at the Institute of Education, University of London provides
the nucleus around which this collection, originally published in 1967, is gathered. This …

The philosophy of education is an important component of most education courses. The
subject is often split into two traditions, one emphasising the use of analytic philosophy, the …