Abstract:IN applying philosophy to the special conceptual problems that arise out of the practice of history of education, (1) one is doing critical phi losophy of history. (2) Philosophy of history, envisaged in this sense, can provide the historian of education with an awareness of the underlying assumptions he makes and the methodological limitations inherent in his task. If one approaches philosophy of history in terms of positivist and nonpositivist thought, it is found that some of the more urgent prob lems cente… Show more
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