SOPHIA Network
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European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children #p4c #p4wc
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Would your country like to host our next network meeting in 2026? Deadline for submissions 30th November www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
Host SOPHIA Network Meeting 2026 - Sophia Network
This is the call for proposals for hosting SOPHIA Network Meeting in 2026. Deadline for proposals is noon on November 30th 2025. The host country will be
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November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Would your country like to host our next network meeting in 2026? Deadline for submissions 30th November www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This module introduces people to the experience of philosophy with children and communities. It gives you an insight into the ethos and values of an enquiry, as well as modelling how one is run, so you can feel it in action. To join us for free email enquiries@sapere.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This module introduces people to the experience of philosophy with children and communities. It gives you an insight into the ethos and values of an enquiry, as well as modelling how one is run, so you can feel it in action. To join us for free email enquiries@sapere.org.uk
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"Peirce is cited and recognized as the founder of pragmatism. He’s the one who coins the term and spends his career, in a way, trying to give a proof of pragmatism."
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Pragmatism
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that has dominated philosophy in America from the early 1900s to the present day, argues the philosopher and political theorist Robert Talisse. He chooses the…
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September 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Peirce is cited and recognized as the founder of pragmatism. He’s the one who coins the term and spends his career, in a way, trying to give a proof of pragmatism."
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Simone Weil is a complex but rewarding contemporary thinker. While her concepts are highly developed they also have a certain paradoxical quality, which defeats easy categorisation. For Weil, thinking and experience are closely bound up. #philosophershat
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PHILOSOPHER'S HAT CLUB Join us on the 18th of September to discuss...
The attentiveness of Simone Weil: What did she find? #simoneweil #dignity #suffering #affliction Simone Weil is a complex but rewarding contemporary thinker. While her concepts are highly developed th...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Simone Weil is a complex but rewarding contemporary thinker. While her concepts are highly developed they also have a certain paradoxical quality, which defeats easy categorisation. For Weil, thinking and experience are closely bound up. #philosophershat
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This year they are ‘wondering’ across London - and will be joined by groups in Derbyshire, Dartmoor, Hampshire and Oxford, all thinking and talking to raise money for us to work with looked-after children.
Please donate your questions and cash here, you can also join in the walks! buff.ly/Un2oBRW
Please donate your questions and cash here, you can also join in the walks! buff.ly/Un2oBRW
Wonder Wander - SAPERE
Our annual campaign to bring philosophical thinking to more people, helping to raise funds for P4C to be done with disadvantaged communities
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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This year they are ‘wondering’ across London - and will be joined by groups in Derbyshire, Dartmoor, Hampshire and Oxford, all thinking and talking to raise money for us to work with looked-after children.
Please donate your questions and cash here, you can also join in the walks! buff.ly/Un2oBRW
Please donate your questions and cash here, you can also join in the walks! buff.ly/Un2oBRW
Opportunity to meet with Professor Gregory from Montclair State University
Truth as a Process: Insights from American Pragmatism with Professor Maughn Gregory. #PhilosophersHat on the 19th June all welcome 🤗 #philosophy
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PHILOSOPHER'S HAT CLUB Join us on the 19th June to discuss...
Truth as a Process: Insights from American Pragmatism #truth #pragmatism In this session of The Philosopher’s Hat Gregory will talk about the idea of “truth as a process” in American pragmatism and wh...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Opportunity to meet with Professor Gregory from Montclair State University
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If you practise P4C and need a bit of inspiration, make sure you explore our resource hub: P4C.com. Free samples are updated monthly and subscription is just £35 a year. You can find session plans, stimulus ideas and teacher tips for all ages, stages and subjects.
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Homepage - p4c.com
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June 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If you practise P4C and need a bit of inspiration, make sure you explore our resource hub: P4C.com. Free samples are updated monthly and subscription is just £35 a year. You can find session plans, stimulus ideas and teacher tips for all ages, stages and subjects.
p4c.com/topic/samples/
p4c.com/topic/samples/
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I had a pleasure to open this year’s @sophia-network.bsky.social meeting in Malta with an enquiry into the question - What is a child? #p4c
May 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I had a pleasure to open this year’s @sophia-network.bsky.social meeting in Malta with an enquiry into the question - What is a child? #p4c
Organised by SOPHIA – the European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children – this two-day event will critically examine the implications of technology and artificial intelligence for philosophical practice with children #p4c newsbook.com.mt/en/malta-to-...
Malta to host discussion on ethics, AI, and philosophy for children
This May, Malta will host two events that bring together educators, researchers, and practitioners to explore the evolving relationship between ethics, education, neuroscience and technology, with a p...
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May 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Organised by SOPHIA – the European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children – this two-day event will critically examine the implications of technology and artificial intelligence for philosophical practice with children #p4c newsbook.com.mt/en/malta-to-...
Day before our meeting 📢
🌟 Philosophy for Children and the Ethical Imagination: Critical Engagements in Educational Practice
🗓 Friday, 23rd May | 🕕 18:00–20:00
📍 Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta
Register here
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🌟 Philosophy for Children and the Ethical Imagination: Critical Engagements in Educational Practice
🗓 Friday, 23rd May | 🕕 18:00–20:00
📍 Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta
Register here
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April 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Day before our meeting 📢
🌟 Philosophy for Children and the Ethical Imagination: Critical Engagements in Educational Practice
🗓 Friday, 23rd May | 🕕 18:00–20:00
📍 Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta
Register here
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🌟 Philosophy for Children and the Ethical Imagination: Critical Engagements in Educational Practice
🗓 Friday, 23rd May | 🕕 18:00–20:00
📍 Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta
Register here
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Are you thinking of joining us in Malta this year?
Here is what the network is all about #p4c
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Here is what the network is all about #p4c
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What is SOPHIA To You?
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April 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are you thinking of joining us in Malta this year?
Here is what the network is all about #p4c
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Here is what the network is all about #p4c
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Congratulations to the @sophia-network.bsky.social bursary award winner: Mohammad Reza Vaez Shahrestani, PhD, Researcher in Philosophy, University of Bonn. Reza will be sharing his work on AI Ethics and P4C at our meeting in Malta. Register to join us at: www.sophianetwork.eu/network-meet...
Mohamad Reza Vaez Shahrestani (Universität Bonn) - PhilPeople
Mohamad Reza Vaez Shahrestani is at Universität Bonn, Institut für Philosophie. They are interested in General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Existentialism, Jean-Paul S...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Congratulations to the @sophia-network.bsky.social bursary award winner: Mohammad Reza Vaez Shahrestani, PhD, Researcher in Philosophy, University of Bonn. Reza will be sharing his work on AI Ethics and P4C at our meeting in Malta. Register to join us at: www.sophianetwork.eu/network-meet...
Join us in Malta 🇲🇹 May 24-25. As always programme is packed with amazing #p4c workshops and presentations run by experts in the field. This year’s theme is “Rage against the machine?”
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SOPHIA Network Meeting 2025 Malta - Sophia Network
This year we are looking at the implications of technology and AI on philosophy for children.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Join us in Malta 🇲🇹 May 24-25. As always programme is packed with amazing #p4c workshops and presentations run by experts in the field. This year’s theme is “Rage against the machine?”
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
We have extended the call for papers until 17 March. Details on the website.
Call for papers is out for our meeting in Malta (24-25 May) Deadline for proposals is 28th February. More info on the website
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
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Call for Papers SOPHIA Malta 2025 - Sophia Network
REGISTER FOR THE MEETING NOW
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March 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We have extended the call for papers until 17 March. Details on the website.
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If you are thinking of attending @sophia-network.bsky.social 2025 in Malta on 24-25 May, apply for a bursary!
Deadline 25 March. www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
Deadline 25 March. www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
Bursary Information - Sophia Network
(i) They are active in PwC e.g. as a teacher, student, practitioner, lecturer or researcher.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you are thinking of attending @sophia-network.bsky.social 2025 in Malta on 24-25 May, apply for a bursary!
Deadline 25 March. www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
Deadline 25 March. www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
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4 of the essential skills for life are developed & enhanced through P4C. New study says govt should “incentivise & support” schools to promote the development of skills like communication, collaboration, problem-solving & creativity through its review:
'Incentivise' schools to teach 'employment skills'
Schools need support to promote the development of skills such as communication and problem-solving
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February 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
4 of the essential skills for life are developed & enhanced through P4C. New study says govt should “incentivise & support” schools to promote the development of skills like communication, collaboration, problem-solving & creativity through its review:
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‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3
‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3
February 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sent on behalf of @peterworley.bsky.social who is now here on @bsky.app
‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3
‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3
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Tomorrow! Free webinar on cancel culture with an amazing Gen Z student panel. Come! www.plato-philosophy.org/programs-for...
Co-sponsored by the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Committee on Pre-College Philosophy.
#philsky #genz #webinar #cancelculture #freeevent
Co-sponsored by the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Committee on Pre-College Philosophy.
#philsky #genz #webinar #cancelculture #freeevent
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Tomorrow! Free webinar on cancel culture with an amazing Gen Z student panel. Come! www.plato-philosophy.org/programs-for...
Co-sponsored by the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Committee on Pre-College Philosophy.
#philsky #genz #webinar #cancelculture #freeevent
Co-sponsored by the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Committee on Pre-College Philosophy.
#philsky #genz #webinar #cancelculture #freeevent
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This month our special guest Dr Liz Meade from Maynooth University will get us talking about the hidden ubiquity of #neoliberalism. 20th February at 7 pm on Zoom. Always open to new members
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... to discuss the Hidden Ubiquity of Neoliberalism with dr Elizabeth Meade #injustice #neoliberalism In this session, we will discuss the concept of ‘epistemic injustice’. We will explore the claim t...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This month our special guest Dr Liz Meade from Maynooth University will get us talking about the hidden ubiquity of #neoliberalism. 20th February at 7 pm on Zoom. Always open to new members
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What can you establish from the comfort of your armchair, just by having a bit of a think? Some would say: Nothing! Observation and science and the only game in town if you want actually to KNOW stuff. But the answer is in fact: quite a lot! www.templeton.org/news/philoso...
Philosophy vs Science: Just What Can You Establish From The Comfort of Your Armchair?
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February 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What can you establish from the comfort of your armchair, just by having a bit of a think? Some would say: Nothing! Observation and science and the only game in town if you want actually to KNOW stuff. But the answer is in fact: quite a lot! www.templeton.org/news/philoso...
Call for papers is out for our meeting in Malta (24-25 May) Deadline for proposals is 28th February. More info on the website
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
Call for Papers SOPHIA Malta 2025 - Sophia Network
REGISTER FOR THE MEETING NOW
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January 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Call for papers is out for our meeting in Malta (24-25 May) Deadline for proposals is 28th February. More info on the website
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
www.sophianetwork.eu/announcement...
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Co-Director Emma Swinn MBE will be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival this year on April 2nd with Stephen Law and Nigel Warburton about 'Opening the Public Doors to Philosophical Debate' oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
January 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Co-Director Emma Swinn MBE will be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival this year on April 2nd with Stephen Law and Nigel Warburton about 'Opening the Public Doors to Philosophical Debate' oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...