Our philosopher David birch tells us about the philosophy enquiry called 'Interaction' that he will be running with children at HowTheLightGetsIn festival in May. Have a read on our blog: buff.ly/3LvboBT

"One’s philosophical journey can start at a young age," tells us David Birch in his piece for PhilosophyFoundation, a preview of his upcoming event at #HTLGI23 this May - "Interacting with the world." Follow us for more updates. philosophy-foundation.org/blog/htlgi-err…

Out today! Befuddled: The Lives & Legends of Ancient Philosophers. From Zeno to Zhuangzi, from wondrous births to fetid deaths, from metaphysics to ethics - 'a stimulating and very enjoyable romp' Stephen Law, a book 'to educate and enchant in equal measure', Andy West.

Lovely to see Befuddled in the top 10 children's books on philosophy 🙂

'It is/ was...' dichotomies offer a clear way of exploring the connection between what a thing does & what it is (its ergon & essence). Simply present the pics & ask which is correct - ● It is/ was a tree. ● It is/ was a shark. ● It is/ was a car. ● It is/ was a brain.

Remember your first time encountering Zeno's paradoxes?

What can The Little Mermaid and The Lion King tell us about two fundamentally different ways of being in the world? A pretty fatuous question, but also rather interesting. My blog for PhilosophyFoundation philosophy-foundation.org/blog/mermaids-…

In his essay 'Quantifier Variance and Realism', Eli Hirsch presents a 'philosophical experiment' which works wonderfully as a #P4C stimulus: 'Look at your hand while you are clenching it, and ask yourself whether some object called a fist has come into existence.' ✊

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing - to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select party. - John Keats

Poetry is often a great catalyst and stimulus for philosophical thought and discussion, so here are four poems on the nature of happiness -

All ideals are dangerous, because they debase and stigmatise actuality. - Nietzsche, The Will to Power

Poetry is often a great catalyst and stimulus for philosophical thought and discussion, so here are four poems on the nature of the self -

Superb perception puzzle in Roy Sorensen's Seeing Dark Things. From the viewer's perspective Near and Far look the same size. If both bodies were frontlit, we'd say we don't see Far. But given they are backlit, no light is actually striking Near. So what do we see, Near or Far?

Have you written a philosophy book? Check out our NEW list of recommended reads and see if your book has made the list.. Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine Stephen Law Peter Worley Julian Baggini David Birch Marcelo Staricoff FCCT, NPQH, PhD Jana Mohr Lone @RobGrant_ (spoiler-they did!) What else would you add? #P4C

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

Are Philosophers Monsters? David Birch looks at the interface between philosophy and monstrosity. philosophersmag.com/are-philosophe…

Massive fan of the Peter Worley, but I need to shout more about the brilliant David Birch & his #Provocations book - below with the #Worley stacks - which I return to regularly. His new creative book #NavigatingTheMoralMaze is equally brilliant & super useful for teachers 1/3

Getting ahead with some planning ready for the new academic year and finding inspiration from ‘Navigating the Moral Maze’ by David Birch ! Great links to ethics topics at GCSE and A Level - plus heaps of scholarly classroom activities for TeamRE - 🥳