The Philosophy Shop: Ideas, Activities and Questions to Get People, Young and Old, Thinking Philosophically (Philosophy Foundation) - Softcover

Peter Worley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178135264X ISBN 13: 9781781352649

Publisher: Independent Thinking Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Philosophy Shop is a veritable emporium of philosophical puzzles and challenges to develop thinking in and out of the classroom. Imagine a one-stop shop stacked to the rafters with everything you could ever want, to enable you to tap into young people's natural curiosity and get them thinking deeply. Well, this is it! Edited by philosophy in schools expert, Peter Worley and with contributions from philosophers from around the world, The Philosophy Shop is jam-packed with ideas to get anyone thinking philosophically from children and young people to adults. For use in the classroom, at after school clubs, in philosophy departments and philosophy groups or even for the lone reader, this book will appeal to anyone who likes to think. Take it on journeys and dip in; use it as a classroom starter activity, or for a full philosophical enquiry - it could even be used to steer pub, dinner party or family discussions away from the same old topics. Suitable for adults and children. The Philosophy Shop won the Education Resources Award for Best Educational Book in 2012.
Won the New England Book Festival 2012 Winner for Compilations/Anthologies category.
Finalist for ForeWord Review Book of the Year 2012 Awards.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Imagine that one day, as you pass a familiar row of shops, your eye catches sight of a shop you’ve not seen before. In fact, you’re quite sure it simply wasn’t there yesterday! You investigate further and discover that the shop is no ordinary shop. Inside is shelf upon shelf of philosophical ideas, thoughts, puzzles and problems made accessible and enjoyable by having been wrapped up in stories, poems, activities and thought-experiments to tickle and tantalise the mind into thoughtfulness and wakefulness.

Start Question: Would you go into The Philosophy Shop?
Questions to take you further:
What have you got to lose by taking the time to think?
What have you got to gain by taking the time to think?
What is thinking? (Central Question)
Is it good to think?
Works well with:
Groups: in classrooms or colleges, reading/discussion groups etc.
Lone readers: on journeys, on the bedside table, next to the loo!
Source: Socrates in the marketplace of Athens.
Philosophy: Plato’s Apology and The Republic book 1.
This book is suitable for adults and children.

About the Author

Peter Worley BA MA FRSA is co-founder and CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, President of SOPHIA, and an award-winning author and editor of books about doing philosophy in schools. Peter is resident philosopher at 4 state primary schools in Lewisham, visiting philosopher at Wellington College and Eagle House School, and a Visiting Research Associate at Kings College London's Philosophy Department. He has delivered training for philosophy departments across the UK, including Edinburgh, Warwick, Oxford Brookes and Birmingham Universities. He talks, presents, writes and gives workshops about philosophy in schools and The Philosophy Foundation's work - but importantly continues to work in the classroom which is the inspiration for his pedagogy, philosophy in schools practice, theory and writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independent Thinking Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 178135264X
• ISBN 13: 9781781352649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Peter Worley