Pedagogics and a phrase – introduction to the issue

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to indicate chosen, basic consequences of the linguistic turn in educational studies in its theoretical and practical aspects. Phenomenon of the linguistic turn was the result of evolution in the field of the philosophy of language. For this reason, the paper includes the authorial interpretation of the language categories changes, emphasizing the process of its emanci-pation towards the other philosophical (epistemological) categories. The crowning of language evolution was the linguistic turn which – wit h series of subsequent “turns” – inscribed in the charac-teristics of so called “the new humanities” and its methodology. The historical and philosophical background outlined in this way allows to analyze certain consequences of the linguistic turn in the theoretical and practical perspective of educational studies.