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The reason for getting an education here—or anywhere else—is that it is better to be educated than not to be. It is better in and of itself. Not because it gets you something. Not because it is a means to some other end. It is better because it is better. Note that this statement implies that the phrase aims of education is nonsensical; education is not a thing of which aims can be predicated. It has no aim other than itself.

Andrew Abbott

Education doesn't have aims. It is the aim of other things.

Andrew Abbott

Andrew Abbott

Andrew Abbott

Born: November, 1948 (age 76)

Bio: Andrew Delano Abbott is an American sociologist and social theorist working at the University of Chicago.

Known for:

Chaos of disciplines (2001)
Methods of Discovery (2004)
Processual Sociology (2016)

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