SOPHIA Network Meeting 2019 – Galway

SOPHIA Network meetings contribute to building a community that shares ideas, experiences, philosophy sessions and lots of laughter along the way. Here is a short recap of the 2019 meeting that was held in Galway, Ireland.  

Reflections on SOPHIA Network Meeting 2018 – by Jason Buckley

Despite being involved in P4C for ten years, I was a SOPHIA first-timer. I’m rather wary of going to P4C conferences, because, like Goldilocks, I am rather fussy. Often, this paper is too theoretical, and I can’t see how it will connect to my practice; and that paper is about the basics of P4C without […]

Reflections on ICPIC & SOPHIA 2017 Part III

In this final post by Pieter Mostert he reflects on taxonomies, on pedagogy and on ‘philosophical experience’ and the aesthetic eye.  What happens to notes taken during a conference? Usually very little, at least in my case. This time I decided to do it differently – after the ICPIC conference in Madrid and the Sophia Network […]

Reflections on ICPIC & SOPHIA 2017 Part II

On deliberation, enquiry based actions and practising philosophy with children without philosophy By Pieter Mostert What happens to notes taken during a conference? Usually very little, at least in my case. This time I decided to do it differently – after the ICPIC conference in Madrid and the Sophia Network meeting in Aveiro – and […]

Reflections on ICPIC & SOPHIA 2017 Part I

On empirical questions, exposition and voting  By Pieter Mostert What happens to notes taken during a conference? Usually very little, at least in my case. This time I decided to do it differently – after the ICPIC conference in Madrid and the Sophia Network meeting in Aveiro – and pushed myself to structure and unfold […]

Welcoming Talk Crete 2016

SOPHIA: opening remarks SOPHIA Network Meeting 2nd of September, 2016, Rethymno Meeting theme: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Curriculum, where does philosophy fit? Welcoming address: “Where does philosophy fit? I’ll begin by saying: philosophy resists ‘fit’. If you look for philosophy you’ll find it where you find, among other things, aporia, confusion, difficulty, paradox. […]

Submit a Proposal to Host 2018 Meeting

This is the call for proposals for hosting SOPHIA Network Meeting in 2018. Deadline for proposals is noon on November 1st. Host country will be selected by the Executives and will be informed at the latest by January 3rd 2018. Please send a completed proposal to: President Peter Worley peter@philosophy-foundation.org Treasurer Rob Bartels robbartels@xs4all.nl Secretary Joos Vollebregt joosvollebregt81@gmail.com […]

2016 Crete Workshops

Workshops and presentations at the Crete SOPHIA Network Meeting on 2nd and 3rd September The Meeting will be held at XENIA, 16, Sofokli Venizelou str, 74100 Rethymno P4C and Literature – Laure DucasseKambouris (France) Improving the reading and interpretation of literary texts with Lipman’s P4C PhiloZoo: P4C in the science curriculum – Eef Cornelissen & Jelle De Schrijver […]

SOPHIA 2016: Crete

We are delighted to announce that our next meeting is being held at the University of Crete in partnership with the Department of Philosophy and Social Studies at the beginning of September. The theme this year is: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Curriculum: where does philosophy fit? And we currently have a call for proposals […]