In this book, I utilize ideas from philosopher John McDowell to develop and defend a socio-historical account of the human mind. This book provides the first detailed examination of the relevance of John McDowell’s work to the Philosophy of Education. It draws from a wide-range of philosophical sources, including the work of ‘analytic’ philosophers Donald Davidson, Ian Hacking, Peter Strawson, David Wiggins, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. It considers non-traditional ideas from Russian philosophy and psychology, represented by Ilyenkov and Vygotsky, and discusses foundational philosophical ideas in a method that reveals their relevance to educational theory and practice. (Read More)