ANTHONY O’HEAR Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham, editor of the journal Philosophy, author of many books on the subject, and was formerly Government Adviser on Education and Teacher Training. He is a philosopher with a special interest in education. His areas of expertise are philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, aesthetics and culture, political philosophy and ethics, as well as educational philosophy and practice. Professor O’Hear’s publications include Beyond Evolution (Clarendon Press, 1997), After Progress (Bloomsbury, 1999), and Plato’s Children (Gordon Square, 2005).