Philosophy Now: A Magazine of Ideas

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

Can animals make music?
We all love music. Some of us sing daily, if just to ourselves. It could be our favorite tune from …
What is the world really made of?
In Leibniz’s 1714 Monadology we have an example of the many different ways that philosophers have theorized about the constitution …
The Gaze: Power and Resistance in Flim
The Gaze: Power and Resistance in Film Read “The Oppositional Gaze” for homework the day before class. It’s fairly long …
What is a Human Being?
The first half of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley depicts a socially programmed society in which advances in science and …
Scientific Realism and the Weird World
Overview One of the most fundamental questions involved in the Philosophy of Science involves the problem of Scientific Realism. It …