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Nobody's Home (The Cyclops)
Philosophy
On first glance, this story appears to be the least yielding when it comes to finding philosophy for discussion. But take a closer look and the philosophy starts to materialise from nothing. I say 'materialise from nothing' because I have found the most successful philosophical discussion emerging from this session to be ab...
Ages: Ages 16-18 (KS5), Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3)
Subjects: Metaphysics
Themes: Sense and reference, Non-existent entities, Existence, Categories
Nonsense
* This session uses a Pollock picture. There is one downloadable at the bottom or find your own image that would work!
Looking
Are there any objects in this painting?
Are there emotions in this painting?
Is there anything in this painting?
Thinking
Starter Question:
Does this painting make sense?
Q...
Ages: Ages 16-18 (KS5), Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Aesthetics
Themes: Sense and reference, Logic, Language, Art
The Magician's Tricks Part 2: The Flying Man & The Falling Man
The Philosophy
This is a slightly different session in that we are asking the children to consider an argument directly, and it is a continuation of the first Magician's Tricks stories. It is important that the first story is run so that the children are prepared for this argument.
To find out more about Avicenna you can hear podcast o...
Ages: Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Epistemology
Themes: Sense and reference, Sense, Knowledge
The Magician's Tricks: Honest Sa'id and The Magician
The Philosophy
You can hear an 'In Our Time' and 'Philosophy Bites' about Avicenna here:
http://philosophybites.com/2007/09/peter-adamson-o.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00855lt
In a colourful career Avicenna proved the existence of god, amalgamated all known medical knowledge into one big book and establish...
Ages: Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Epistemology
Themes: Sense and reference, Sense, Knowledge, Behaviour
Things Are Not Always What They Seem
The Philosophy
This session is designed to inspire awe and wonder at the unusualness of the world around us and to inspire the idea that things are stranger than we might at first think and to get the children thinking along the same lines as many philosophers: that the world is not as it seems. Many of the pre-Socratics thought that the worl...
Ages: Ages 7-11 (KS2), Ages 5-7 (KS1)
Subjects: Metaphysics
Themes: Sense and reference, Perception , Perceiving, Illusion
