FORESIGHT. INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

The book "Foresight. Introduction to the Philosophy of Education" is an original introduction by Prof. Stanisław Gałkowski, which not only systematizes and presents erudition, but also submits for discussion his close position in the field of philosophy of education. This publication inspires the reader to think together and to independently reflect on the issues of education, which are existentially close to every human being. It is an important voice in the debate on understanding the basic problems and concepts of the theory of education, and is also a creative continuation of this tradition in the Polish reflection on education.

• Inspires reflection on the issues of education
• Is an important voice in the debate on the theory of education
• A book for theorists of education, teachers and educators
• Helps to draw attention to the non-obviousness of issues
• Opens a discussion, rather than closing it
• Contains an analysis of philosophical questions

With precision and diligence, the author analyzes selected issues that determine the problem field of both pedagogical research and the reflections and struggles of practitioners in their daily work. The book is an excellent material for reflection for education theorists, as well as for teachers and educators working in educational and care institutions on a daily basis. It is also a provocative introduction to the pedagogical issues for students of teaching courses. Each of the areas of issues proposed by the author undoubtedly deserves attention and thorough consideration. The book only helps the reader to draw attention to the non-obviousness of the indicated issues, suggests a possible path of research, but does not relieve the reader of drawing conclusions. I consider this feature to be an exceptional value of this dissertation. The author's quite clear philosophical position does not prevent him from adopting the attitude of a provoker of thinking. His book opens a discussion, rather than closing it.

Prof. Dr. habil. Stanisław Gałkowski – philosopher, lecturer at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Ignatianum Academy in Krakow. He has published several dozen dissertations in the field of ethics, philosophical anthropology, and above all, social and political philosophy and philosophy of education. In his "Introduction", the author not only provides systematic and erudite information, but consistently presents and submits for discussion his close position in the field of philosophy of education.

The book is characterized by clarity of expression, and in some moments also by firmness of opinions and polemical accents. It inspires (and sometimes provokes) the reader to think together and to independently reflect on the issues of education as an issue that is existentially close to every human being. The book is an important voice in the ongoing debate on understanding the basic problems and concepts of the theory of education. It is also a creative continuation of this tradition in the Polish reflection on education.