Introduction
Philosophy has been highly important throughout the history of Western education. It was clearly present during the period of Classical Greece, led by the sophists, but also by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. It regained its importance throughout the Middle Ages, most especially with the rise of the European renaissance – starting around 1000 A.D. – in schools and universities. Philosophy continued and was maintained, at least in some countries, with the implementation of obligatory formal education.
Over recent decades, we have found ourselves in an apparently contradictory situation. On the one hand, there is a notable awareness of the decreasing importance of the humanities, among which many people (mistakenly, in my opinion) include philosophy. The damage done to education by this abandonment of the humanities in general – and...
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Moriyón, F.G. (2017). Philosophical Inquiry in Education. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_162
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