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Can Children Philosophise? The case for caution

Richard Fox argues that children are doers, not thinkers

Can Children Philosophise? The case for

From the archives (2003), Robert Fisher argues that we should develop the habits of intelligent behaviour in children.

Get ‘em while they’re young

20 years on from the introduction of philosophy in British primary schools, Brooke Lewis looks at how the subject is faring

Fancy taking a pop?

William Irwin defends the growth of books on pop culture and philosophy

Free their minds

Stephen Law makes the case for a more liberal education

February podcast

In the latest philosophy monthly, tpm editor Julian Baggini is reporting on the debate surrounding the growth of the well-being agenda, and talking to the winner of the Lakatos prize for the philosophy of Science, Samir Okasha, about evolution.

What is religious education for?

It’s not the state’s job to encourage critical scrutiny of religion, argues Melissa Lane

Anything goes?

Brenda Watson argues that good intentions in the classroom have fostered a lazy and pernicious relativism