Education, Experience and Existence addresses the underlying conflicts, confusions and associated compromises that have plagued education and philosophy for over a century. The book develops a coherent theory of experience built around Peirce's understanding of existence as both interaction and individuality, and then applies this theory to education.

John Quay is Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Part I: Confusion in Philosophy and Education Education, Philosophy and Existence Part II: A Coherent Theory of Experience Reflective Experience and the Logical Difference. The Challenge of Non-reflective (Aesthetic) Experience. The Ontological Difference. The Way of Phenomenology. Heidegger's Questioning of Be-ing Part III: A Coherent Theory of Education Four Causes of Educational Confusion. Educating Through Occupations as Ways of Be-ing.