"Peirce is cited and recognized as the founder of pragmatism. He’s the one who coins the term and spends his career, in a way, trying to give a proof of pragmatism." fivebooks.com/best-books/r...

Simone Weil is a complex but rewarding contemporary thinker. While her concepts are highly developed they also have a certain paradoxical quality, which defeats easy categorisation. For Weil, thinking and experience are closely bound up. #philosophershat creativetogether.ie/so/17PaLoHaD...

This year they are ‘wondering’ across London - and will be joined by groups in Derbyshire, Dartmoor, Hampshire and Oxford, all thinking and talking to raise money for us to work with looked-after children. Please donate your questions and cash here, you can also join in the walks! buff.ly/Un2oBRW

Opportunity to meet with Professor Gregory from Montclair State University

If you practise P4C and need a bit of inspiration, make sure you explore our resource hub: P4C.com. Free samples are updated monthly and subscription is just £35 a year. You can find session plans, stimulus ideas and teacher tips for all ages, stages and subjects. p4c.com/topic/samples/

I had a pleasure to open this year’s @sophia-network.bsky.social meeting in Malta with an enquiry into the question - What is a child? #p4c

Another wonderful network meeting is over. Goodbye Malta. Lots of interesting presentations and discussions. Thanks to all organisers and participants! Until next year! #p4c #network

Organised by SOPHIA – the European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children – this two-day event will critically examine the implications of technology and artificial intelligence for philosophical practice with children #p4c newsbook.com.mt/en/malta-to-...

Day before our meeting 📢 🌟 Philosophy for Children and the Ethical Imagination: Critical Engagements in Educational Practice 🗓 Friday, 23rd May | 🕕 18:00–20:00 📍 Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta Register here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

Are you thinking of joining us in Malta this year? Here is what the network is all about #p4c youtu.be/XkPcejm6DVc?...

Congratulations to the @sophia-network.bsky.social bursary award winner: Mohammad Reza Vaez Shahrestani, PhD, Researcher in Philosophy, University of Bonn. Reza will be sharing his work on AI Ethics and P4C at our meeting in Malta. Register to join us at: www.sophianetwork.eu/network-meet...

Join us in Malta 🇲🇹 May 24-25. As always programme is packed with amazing #p4c workshops and presentations run by experts in the field. This year’s theme is “Rage against the machine?” www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...

We have extended the call for papers until 17 March. Details on the website.

If you are thinking of attending @sophia-network.bsky.social 2025 in Malta on 24-25 May, apply for a bursary! Deadline 25 March. www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...

4 of the essential skills for life are developed & enhanced through P4C. New study says govt should “incentivise & support” schools to promote the development of skills like communication, collaboration, problem-solving & creativity through its review:

Sent on behalf of @peterworley.bsky.social who is now here on @bsky.app ‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3

Tomorrow! Free webinar on cancel culture with an amazing Gen Z student panel. Come! www.plato-philosophy.org/programs-for... Co-sponsored by the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Committee on Pre-College Philosophy. #philsky #genz #webinar #cancelculture #freeevent

This month our special guest Dr Liz Meade from Maynooth University will get us talking about the hidden ubiquity of #neoliberalism. 20th February at 7 pm on Zoom. Always open to new members creativetogether.ie/so/25PJn7s1H...

What can you establish from the comfort of your armchair, just by having a bit of a think? Some would say: Nothing! Observation and science and the only game in town if you want actually to KNOW stuff. But the answer is in fact: quite a lot! www.templeton.org/news/philoso...

Call for papers is out for our meeting in Malta (24-25 May) Deadline for proposals is 28th February. More info on the website www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...

Co-Director Emma Swinn MBE will be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival this year on April 2nd with Stephen Law and Nigel Warburton about 'Opening the Public Doors to Philosophical Debate' oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...

Looking forward to another year with #philosophershat Programme 2025 and the next meeting announced. #philosophy

The @sophia-network.bsky.social holds two annual meetings for members. The online meeting this year is being held in the afternoon of January 18th. We will be hearing from Pablo Lamberti on Philosophy as a way of living & Ellen Duthie on philosophy as a way of dying. buff.ly/3VYjYOE #Edusky #P4C

Great #EPICproject meeting on Monday, focusing on impact activities. Here you see @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social and Ellie Byrne discuss their plans and share their knowledge about PPEI and interdisciplinary work with the group #EpistemicInjustice

This year, we are holding the inaugural online meeting on January 18th from 13:30 to 17:00 CET. The theme will be The Unity of Opposites, same as this year’s gathering. #p4c #network www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...

My choice of the best philosophy books of 2024 @five_books fivebooks.com/best-books/b...

There is still time to submit to our 2025 Conference! Learn more and register at: www.plato-philosophy.org/plato-confer... #philsky

An event with our director Emma Swinn

Yesterday Olena Kosmenko and @bartcosijn.bsky.social gave an introductory course in Philosophy for Children (P4C) for the Perlyna center for children from Ukraine in Riga. Very impressive work they do, providing education to the refugee community in the Latvia, weekdays, evenings, weekends.

Wow 🤩 I can't believe it's already the 50th edition of the #philosophershat This time we discuss Metaethics #ethics with our special guest Dr Handley @rachelhandley.bsky.social We are always open to new members who enjoy discussions with a philosophical twist. creativetogether.ie/so/01PEdvFBI...

Matthew Lipman’s #p4c materials made available by #IAPC Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_primary...

Maughn Gregory will speak tomorrow, 5pm European time about "Three traditions of philosophical dialogue". Zoom link: lnkd.in/gxc3ZiPS. Passcode:852 860. Info: lnkd.in/gCDzNQEr

We have asked the members of our network to share their thoughts what SOPHIA is for them #p4c www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkPc...

The call for hosting our next SOPHIA network meeting is still open #p4c #philsky www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...