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NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers on Existentialism

NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers on Existentialism

Fully Funded 3 Week Summer Training Opportunity in Philosophy for ALL K-12 Teachers Apply to the NEH Summer Seminar on Existentialism which will be held at Mount Holyoke College in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. NEH Summer Seminar on

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Summer Philosophy Workshop for High School Teachers

Summer Philosophy Workshop for High School Teachers

    Attention High School Teachers: Learn how to bring Philosophy into your classrooms. Apply to the UConn Summer Institute in Philosophy which will be held at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.            Who can

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Latest News

  • Call for Abstracts: Philosophy for Children Forebears

    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

    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

    Black lives always matter

    Dear PLATO Community: Together we grieve the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and …
  • 2020 PLATO Conference in San Diego is Postponed

    2020 PLATO Conference in San Diego is Postponed

    Dear PLATO members and Conference community, The past few weeks have been confusing and challenging for all of us. Everyday …
  • Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar

    Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar

    Dear PLATO Community   I am honored to serve as PLATO’s first Executive Director, and excited to introduce myself to …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Exploring Existential Angst and the Self in Social Media

    Exploring Existential Angst and the Self in Social Media

    Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre in Nausea Students will be introduced to Existentialism through discussion and excerpts from Jean-Paul Sartre’s novel, …
  • Escape from Spiderhead

    Escape from Spiderhead

    Introduction: George Saunders’ “Escape from Spiderhead” is a dystopian short story that portrays a controlled pharmacological environment in which scientists experimentally …
  • 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 …
  • Social Contract Theory: Creating a Cooperative Learning Environment

    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 …
  • Truth, Lies and Bullshit

    Truth, Lies and Bullshit

    Part 1: What is the difference between Truth, a Lie and Bullshit? Students should begin by writing brief definitions of …

PLATO Resources

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  • The Philosophical Student

  • Philosophy, University of Washington

  • MG Philosophy 2009-2010

  • Assessing an Elementary School Philosophy Program

  • Growing Up With Philosophy

  • Philosophy of Childhood

  • Ethics In Action: A Case-Based Approach

  • Daily Nous

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