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Wittgenstein's Impact on the Philosophy of Education
Author(s) -
Standish Paul
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/phin.12198
Subject(s) - nothing , epistemology , transparency (behavior) , philosophy , relation (database) , field (mathematics) , focus (optics) , ordinary language philosophy , western philosophy , law , political science , computer science , physics , mathematics , pure mathematics , optics , database
On the strength of a clarification of the nature of philosophy of education, a critical overview is offered of Wittgenstein's impact on the field. The focus then narrows to give attention to Wittgenstein's claim that “Nothing is hidden” ( Philosophical Investigations , #435), pitched here in a questionable relation to contemporary concerns with transparency. Familiar readings of this passage are challenged in connection with Wittgenstein's late writings on psychology, especially with regard to imagination and pretence. These are argued to be essential to the development of mind and world, from the child's first entry into language, and hence crucial to education.