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The history of philosophy of education is an important source of concerns and issues—as is the history of education itself—for setting the intellectual agenda of contemporary philosophers of education. Equally relevant is the range of contemporary approaches to the subject.
- Harvey Siegel
Feb 22, 2021 · A History of Western Philosophy of Education is a five-volume set that traces the development of philosophy of education through Western culture and history. It seeks to illuminate the philosophical origins of contemporary educational debates, policies, and practices.
Jun 2, 2008 · Philosophy of education has a long and distinguished history in the Western philosophical tradition, from Socrates’ battles with the sophists to the present day. Many of the most distinguished figures in that tradition incorporated educational concerns into their broader philosophical agendas (Curren 2000, 2018; Rorty 1998).
- Harvey Siegel, D.C. Phillips, Eamonn Callan
- 1997
Jun 2, 2008 · Philosophy of Education. First published Mon Jun 2, 2008. All human societies, past and present, have had a vested interest in education; and some wits have claimed that teaching (at its best an educational activity) is the second oldest profession.
Plato (427 – 347 BCE), influenced by the Sophists as well as by the speculative scientists and metaphysicians and inspired by the instruction of Socrates, gave us the first fully developed philosophy of education — that is, the first explicit, philosophical justification of a theory of education.
The book is organized on three broad themes: major movements in world history and education, the biographies of leading educators, and the philosophies and ideologies that these educators constructed as they interacted with their historical contexts.
Explore the timline of Philosophy. The word philosophy comes from the Greek philo (love) and sophia (wisdom) and so is literally defined as “the love of wisdom”. More broadly understood, it is the study of the most basic and profound...
