Philosophy Now: A Magazine of Ideas

Job Opening at PLATO: Executive Director
PLATO is Hiring! Interested candidates should send an email message describing their interest in the position, along with an attached …
PLATO Toolkit Competition
Share your philosophical expertise with the community! The PLATO Toolkit offers free lesson plans to K-12 teachers on our website …
Successful Philosophy in the Community Program in Montana
Merlin CCC offers philosophy experiences in Helena, Montana for community members of all ages. This organization believes that philosophy can …
Philosophy for Children Program at California State University Bakersfield
PLATO would like to thank Senem Saner, PhD from the Philosophy Department at California State University Bakersfield for taking the …
New Philosophy Summer Camp for Children Focusing on the Environment
The Environmental Explorers Philosophy Summer Camp will be held June 3-7 PLATO would like to thank Rika Tsuji for contributing …

Logic Charades
Materials needed Props and costumes (not necessary but fun) for enacting any of the skits Construction paper and markers to …
Searle’s Chinese Room: Do computers think?
Can a computer think? John Searle’s Chinese Room argument can be used to argue that computers do not “think,” that …
Arguments and Philosophical Reasoning
Materials needed Chalkboard or whiteboard Computer and projector or equipment to watch short video clips from the web Introduction …
What is art? An Art Activity
Have each student draw two pictures. One drawing must be a drawing they would call art, and the other one …
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 …