The peer-reviewed scientific journal "Philosophy of Education" was established in 2001 on the basis of joint scientific activity of the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in order to ensure the exchange of scientific ideas (projects) between scientists and practitioners in the expanding multidisciplinary and international scientific and educational community from the point of view of philosophical, educational and pedagogical comprehension.

The journal is addressed to the teaching staff of universities, researchers, teachers and heads of educational institutions interested in the latest results of fundamental and applied research on current problems of the "society - education - person" system, presented in the philosophical sciences (ontology and theory of knowledge, social and political philosophy) and pedagogical sciences (theory and methodology of teaching and education by fields and levels of education).