Bailey’s problem-based introduction to the philosophy of education, seeks to encourage its readers to reflect philosophically about education. Comprised of thirteen chapters, each by a different author (or multiple authors in the case of the Brighouse/ McAvoy chapter), nine of the chapters attempt to balance the encouragement of the student’s own thinking, the development of an argument and the provision of a survey of thought in relation to some particular philosophical cum educational problem. With the further exceptions of Harry Brighouse and Paula McAvoy, who are writing in the United States, all of the contributors are working in UK universities, many of them having chairs or being senior scholars there.