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Steve Wood
The High School Philosophy Seminar and Philosophical Positivism (I)
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Description of the High School Philosophy Seminar, a philosophy outreach program run by undergraduate philosophy students at The George Washington University.
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Elizabeth Gyori
Philosophy as a Threat to Government
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Examination of the subversive nature of philosophy as its students challenge the authority and practices of government agencies and organizations. Draws a series of connections between philosophically oriented protesters and questioners of authority ranging from Socrates to 2004 protesters at the U.S. Republican party’s presidential convention in 2004.
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Ben Thompson
Coping Without Free Will:
An Examination into the Effects on a Belief System of the Rejection of Free Will
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Argues that acceptance of one’s place in the natural world involves an acceptance of free will. Free will is also necessary for the continuation of a social society in that we need to accept the doctrine in order to administer justice.
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Announcement: Kids Philosophy Slam Competition
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Drawings, essays, and poems by children grades kindergarten through seven on the question: “Compassion or Violence: Which has a greater impact on society?”
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Kids Philosopy Slam
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Finalists, 2007 Kids Philosophy Slam, High School
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Three winning essays by High School students on the question: “Compassion or Violence: Which has a greater impact on society?”
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Cynthia Kepler
Use of Philosophy in Children’s Literature:
Alice and Her Adventures
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In the following Kepler suggests a number of different readings of Carroll’s Alice books that would be useful to those attempting to integrate philosophy into an existing curriculum.
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Steve Wood
The High School Philosophy Seminar (II)
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Call for Submissions
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Rory E. Kraft, Jr.
Does Virtue Require an Audience?:
Recasting Plato’s “Ring of Gyges” for Different Ages
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The classic examples and stories that we use for college students can be used as the basis for classroom discussions at pre-college students' levels. This means occasionally simplifying a story, but with only slight effort the same sorts of questions can be used across all ages to get at the same underlying concerns.
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John Zillmer
Acting Out:
Dramatizing ‘Jim and the Indians’
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Zillmer shows the benefits of having children act out situations as a way of sparking discussions with 7th and 8th graders in a philosophy class. He writes about an example from his class called "Jim and the Indians."
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Cho-Kiu Lam
Philosophy Files
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Elizabeth Mauritz
Humphrey Books
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About the Contributors
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Review List
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