The philosophy of education and the educational challenge of complexity

The essay aims to delve deep into the authentic, albeit not always explicit, dimension of the philosophy of education in relation to contemporary cultural and educational issues and urgencies. Consistent with the claim that the philosophy of education plays a meta-reflective role on the foundations of pedagogical knowledge, the article emphasises the centrality of the philosophy of education in tackling the real problems that arise when thinking or doing education, the empirical spaces of educational planning, the possible and desirable implementations of the concept of paideia, and the tension between this, the places of educere, and the teaching profession.