Philosophy as Education-The Later Wittgenstein on Philosophy and Education

Generally speaking,the development of educational Philosophy is close to schools of philosophy. Since the second half of the 20th century, philosophy of education develops analytic educational philosophy along with the mainstream of philosophy. Wittgenstein as a philosopher has a strong influence on analytical philosophy,his later philosophical views also contribute to the innovation of education concept. First of all,the cause of his later philosophy is relate to his experiences as a teacher and regarded as education means to pursue individual self in modernity. Meanwhile,his philosophical therapeutic is a process of reshaping self. Secondly,the key concepts in philosophical investigation,language games,following a rule and a form of life show his children teaching practice;thirdly,the new philosophical ideas,in turn,shows the education practice should be rooted in the form of life to reconstruct a new way of life.Thus,between the later wittgenstein's philosophy and education,it forms a bidirectional interaction relation.