208. WHY #PHILOSOPHYMATTERS IN THE CLASSROOM - Reports from the Field

“#PhilosophyMatters to students because it’s a unique space in the school curriculum where they’re taught to take everything they think they know and see if this received wisdom can stand up to philosophical scrutiny. Including the wisdom they receive in the philosophy classroom itself.  In a world where we are increasingly bombarded with truth-claims, and information and misinformation is coming at us without any distinction between the two, when students have the tools to be able to analyse claims for their validity, it’s a vital intellectual self-defence that we should want all young people to have.  And that is why #PhilosophyMatters.“

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207. #PHILOSOPHYMATTERS - Doesn't it?

“Part of my answer of why #PhilosophyMatters to students is that Philosophy is a unique space on the school curriculum where students are able to take received wisdom - including the wisdom they learn in the Philosophy classroom - and see if it stands up to philosophical scrutiny. So I thought it would be worth doing exactly that with the claim that #PhilosophyMatters and asking - does it?“

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