Philosophy of education is characterized by a pluralism of philosophical methods, attracting divergent issues. The papers which make up this conference proceedings address critical comments on education. A list of the papers follows: (1) "Contra Bloom: The Center Will Not Hold" (A. Pearl); (2) "Non-Paradigmatic Research" (J. Jarrett); (3) "Comments on 'Non-Paradigmatic Research'" (N. Appleton); (4) "Aesthetic Education in the Foreign Language Class" (E. Herb); (5) "Focusing on the Creative Function in Teacher Training: Connecting Subject Matter Content with Pedagogical Process" (N. Flinders); (6) "Creativity and Other Ordinary Events" (D. Arnstine); (7) "Everyday Life in Schools: On the Meaning of Being a Principal" (R. Evans); (8) "The Classroom: A Forum for Moral Education" (K. Randlev); (9) "Socrates' Practice in Plato's Apology" (A. Gerry); (10) "Socrates' Practice: Some Afterthoughts" (H. Ravitch); (11) "Formed Feeling and Technology" (S. Gocke); (12) "Grandma's Cornbread vs. Microwave Mush" (H. Ravitch); (13) "The Concept of Tolerance" (J. Bellous); (14) "Bellous' Conceptual Analysis of Tolerance" (M. Stange); (15) "Models for Thinking about the Future: Some Philosophical Considerations" (A. Schlessman-Frost; T. Saunders); (16) "Schlessman-Frost and Saunders" (M. Stange); (17) "Critical Thinking and Paulo Freire: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Teacher Educators" (R. Ahlquist); and (18) "The Heart's Education: Why We Need Poetry" (D. Swanger). (JB)