Society is the final word in human evolution. For one thing, it’s apparent that youngsters are born illiterate and innumerate, and ignorant of the norms and cultural achievements of the group or society into which they’ve been thrust; however with the assistance of professional academics and the dedicated amateurs of their households and rapid environs (and with the aid, too, of instructional sources made accessible via the media and these days the internet), within a few years they will read, write, calculate, and act (not less than typically) in culturally-acceptable methods.

Part of the reason for this diffuse state of affairs is that, fairly reasonably, many philosophers of training have the goal (reinforced by their institutional affiliation with Faculties of Education and their invol...