“Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other ages, why do we not instruct them in it?”
Michel De Montaigne On Education 1533-1592
Welcome to The Philosophy Shop website. We are a Community Interest Company who teach philosophy in schools and the community. We offer training to philosophy graduates in how to deliver philosophy in schools, we are INSET trainers, we run adult courses in philosophy, and also offer one-to-one philosophical counselling sessions.
The Philosophy Shop C.I.C is registered in England and Wales with company number 06369607.
The registered office is 10 Hennel Close, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2NT.
Contact details: 020 8699 9314 info@thephilosophyshop.co.uk
THE PHILOSOPHY SHOP
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We have Philosophy Consultants nationwide, all of whom have studied philosophy at tertiary level, trained to teach philosophy to children in primary and secondary schools. Our philosophy sessions include philosophical thinking tools, and refer to the history of ideas, it is this that distinguishes us from other philosophy for children (P4C) approaches.
Recent articles or comments about our work in schools:
Peter was one of the winners for Teacher’s TV Tomorrow’s Teacher Competition. You can read his entry here.
Visit our links page to view other useful websites and articles.
Forget The World Cup! Join us for THE REALLY big football fixture of 2010…
'Socrates Wanderers' and 'Nietzsche Albion,' Central London, Spring 2010
This isn't the pub team or Sunday league side facing a crucial fixture: it’s a match pitching some of the greatest intellects against each other, a match that will try to answer the really big questions… perhaps one of the biggest of all: Was Socrates' goal off that diving header from Archimedes really offside, as Karl Marx claimed – and was Confucius out of order to give Nietzsche that red card for arguing 'he had no free will'?
Inspired by the famous 1972 Monty Python sketch, and with the full backing of the surviving Pythons, a tribute/replay of ‘The Philosophers' Football Match’ between 'Greeks' and 'Germans' in London is being held next year – and we'd love to get your support.
Please visit www.philosophersfootball.com for more information about who is playing, how to buy tickets or lend your support for our campaign to get ‘reasoning’ - the fourth ‘R’ - into the curriculum.
New for schools:
Storytelling & Philosophy workshop
Learn Ancient Greek workshop
Ancient Greek Stories & Philosophy
Science & Philosophy
Personal Identity & Philosophy
Politics & Philosophy
Plus - Parents and Philosophy. A chance for parents to find out what their children are up to.
We run INSET for teachers in Questioning, Thinking Habits, Enquiry Skills, Storytelling and Thinking Games.
This education programme will help today's young people develop the skills and talents needed to face the uncertain and challenging world of tomorrow.
To mark World Philosophy Day (Thursday 19th November) Peter Worley, our Company Director, was interviewed on the Today programme with A.C. Grayling. You can hear the interview by clicking play below.
