Shrunken Democrituses
I witnessed one of the most impressive philosophical exchanges today between some 10-year-olds that I’ve ever witnessed.
Posted by Lubos Remplik on 25th April 2014 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, P4C
Philosophical Surprises
By Andrew Taggart
In the middle of September, I left my desert home in Southern California in order to teach a weeklong course at Kaos Pilots, a social entrepreneurship school based in Aarhus, Denmark, on the way of cultivating discipline lightly. Penciled in on the schedule for Wednesday morning was a learning session which I had sheepishly, yet accurately, entitled, ‘Not to Be Announced.’
Posted by on 13th November 2013 at 12:00am
Category: Guest Blogger
Can you kill a goat by staring at it?
Can you kill a goat by staring at it? A critical look at minimally invasive education
In his renowned ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiments in developing countries, Dr Sugata Mitra gave children access to an internet-connected computer and left them to learn what they could, unsupervised, with apparently remarkable results.
Posted by on 12th October 2013 at 12:00am
Category: P4C
Confusion Leading to Learning
Professor Brian Cox has spoken up for confusion – Plato would agree.
Posted by on 19th January 2013 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy of History
By Oliver Leech
Surrounded by the vast collection of philosophy texts in Blackwell’s book shop in Oxford, I asked the assistant where I could find some material on the philosophy of history. ‘Do you mean the history of philosophy?’ he replied. An understandable response since the history of philosophy is a premier league topic with shelves of books to choose from whereas the philosophy of history is at best half way down the next division. Indeed, since it overlaps with historiography, books about it tend to be stocked in the history section.
Posted by on 21st October 2012 at 12:00am
Category: Guest Blogger
