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PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AS PHILOSOPHY: A METAPHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY
Author(s) -
Pollack George
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
educational theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1741-5446
pISSN - 0013-2004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2007.00255.x
Subject(s) - philosophy education , epistemology , western philosophy , philosophy of computer science , metaphilosophy , philosophy , modern philosophy , philosophy of education , 20th century philosophy , philosophy of sport , philosophical methodology , metaphysics , philosophical theory , eastern philosophy , social philosophy , contemporary philosophy , philosophy of medicine , sociology , social science , higher education , law , social relation , political science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A bstract What is the philosophical status of the philosophy of education? Is it philosophy, no different from the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind? Much depends on where these latter derive their philosophical bona fides from. There are two ways of viewing the matter. On one account, they are subdivisions of the veritable philosophy branches of metaphysics and epistemology. It being impossible to view philosophy of education as comparably emanating from any of the philosophical originals, this approach effectively deprives it of proper philosophical standing. On the other account, nonoriginal philosophy branches may be viewed as attaining philosophihood , each on its own. Such a purview provides the maneuverability needed to countenance the philosophical nature of philosophy of education as well. Still, George Pollack argues in this essay that if it is to fully accommodate philosophy of education, philosophy will need to be reconceived to include the unearthing of the philosophical foundations of a social practice.