ABSTRACT
One of the main purposes of this book is to arrive at a clear understanding of the concept of education and as a result be a better position to assess whether our schools are or are not educational institutions and to determine what can be done to improve them in their function as educational institutions. We have already seen in the previous discussion on the use of educational metaphors that it is very difficult to get a clear grip on the concept education. Though metaphors are somewhat helpful, they are perhaps more misleading than insightful. What is required is a full-scale conceptual analysis of the concept in line with our discussion in Chapter 1 of the philosopher’s role in attacking the question of meaning. So in this chapter we will be taking a very close look at R.S.Peters’ analysis, which represents the most rigorous and thoroughgoing analysis of the concept ever undertaken.
