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Latest News

  • 2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

    2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

        The 2019 PLATO Conference is getting ready to blast off! Come for an amazing conference, and experience the …
  • Applying to the PLATO Philosophy Fund

    Applying to the PLATO Philosophy Fund

    Applications are now being accepted for the PLATO Philosophy Fund (PPF), supporting a wide range of innovative philosophy programs around …
  • Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico

    Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico

    NAACI Conference on “Education in a world in crisis: How philosophy for/by children might respond” in collaboration with The Mexican …
  • Learn about the upcoming Southern California Philosophy Academy for High School Students!

    Learn about the upcoming Southern California Philosophy Academy for High School Students!

    The SoCal Philosophy Academy for high school students will be hosted at California Lutheran University and run by Dr. Brian …
  • Reflections on Philosophy Classes for School Teachers

    Reflections on Philosophy Classes for School Teachers

    An Interview with PLATO President, Thomas Wartenberg   Since 2010, Thomas Wartenberg has led several Summer Seminars for School Teachers …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Should Driverless Cars Kill Their Passengers?

    Should Driverless Cars Kill Their Passengers?

    The new technology of driverless cards has opened up a real-world corollary to the 65 year old tradition of Trolley …
  • Can We be Authentic in Everyday Life?

    Can We be Authentic in Everyday Life?

    “Republic of Silence,” by Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre came to define post-war Existentialism.  In this prominent editorial published shortly after …
  • Beauty–thinking about

    Beauty–thinking about

    Beauty: In the eye of the beholder or is there something more to it? This unit invites high school students …
  • Activity: Keep the Question Going

    Activity: Keep the Question Going

    This game involves students generating questions collaboratively. The exercise runs easily for about ten minutes and can go for a …
  • Aesthetics is for the Birds

    Aesthetics is for the Birds

    This is a photo of leaves on rocks. One can look at the content, nature, or the photographic composition, artifice. …

PLATO Resources

  • Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools

  • Ethics In Action: A Case-Based Approach

  • Kindergartners and Philosophical Dialogue

  • The If Odyssey: A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8-16-Year-Olds

  • Philosophy for Teens: Questioning Life’s Big Ideas

  • Can We Teach Ethics?

  • Notes on “Thinking Through Aristotle in Clackmannanshire and Texas”

  • How We Decide

  • Talking with Children

  • Dualist: Stanford’s Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

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