in the light of the preceding accounts of the nature philosophy, it seems natural to conclude that philosophy of education is a domain of activity roughly comparable to philosophy of science or political philosophy.(Clearly the editors of Blackwell's philosophical companions,referred to above,have this view,for they recently added 'philosophy of education' to their series;see Curren, 2003.) But this does not seem adequate; the field of education is so broad and complex, and is intertwined with so many other aspects of society, and is of such fundamental social importance, that the direction philosophical work can take is almost limitless. My(speculative) suggestion is that as a field philosophy of education is on a par in complexity not with any one branch of philosophy, but with the whole field of philosophy.