Is philosophy of Education Western? Anglo-American responses

Ka Ya Lee; Rowena A. Azada-Palacios; Nicholas C. Burbules; Randall Curren; David T. Hansen; B. B. North; Claudia W. Ruitenberg; Harvey Siegel; Paul Standish; Winston C. Thompson; John Tillson; Kal Alston; Michael Peters; Morimichi Kato

doi:10.1080/00131857.2026.2699189

Is philosophy of Education Western? Anglo-American responses

Ka Ya Lee^*
, Rowena A. Azada-Palacios
, Nicholas C. Burbules
, Randall Curren
, David T. Hansen
, B. B. North
, Claudia W. Ruitenberg
, Harvey Siegel
, Paul Standish
, Winston C. Thompson
, John Tillson
, Kal Alston
, Michael Peters
, Morimichi Kato

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Law

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Original language	English
Journal	Educational Philosophy and Theory
Early online date	23 Jul 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2026.2699189
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 23 Jul 2026

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Asia
Eastern philosophy
epistemic decolonization
philosophy of education
Western philosophy

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Lee, K. Y., Azada-Palacios, R. A., Burbules, N. C., Curren, R., Hansen, D. T., North, B. B., Ruitenberg, C. W., Siegel, H., Standish, P., Thompson, W. C., Tillson, J., Alston, K., Peters, M., & Kato, M. (2026). Is philosophy of Education Western? Anglo-American responses. Educational Philosophy and Theory. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2026.2699189

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