The Philosophy of Childhood

Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast
Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast, on New Orleans Public Radio, explores the rich and often surprising content of children’s books—and …
New Resources from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University
The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University (IAPC) is proud to announce three new, …
Call for Abstracts: Philosophy for Children Forebears
Call for abstracts for: Philosophy for Children Forebears edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory and Megan Jane Laverty From the editors …
The Teaching Hub at the Eastern APA Division Meeting
Please join us at the Teaching Hub, which will run from Thursday, January 7, through Saturday, January 9, at the …
Black lives always matter
Dear PLATO Community: Together we grieve the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and …

Snooping Around Snopes: Assessing Fake News
This lesson revolves around reading and discussing Carl Sagan’s “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection” and then sending students to …
Social Contract Theory: Creating a Cooperative Learning Environment
Materials needed John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, chapters two and eight. An alternative is James Rachels’ The Elements of …
Protected: P4C – Philosophy of Emotion
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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 …
Personal Identity in Memento
Personal Identity I ask students to bring their baby or early childhood pictures to class. After they try matching …