Can We be Certain of Anything?
This lesson plan is accessible through the Lesson Attachment above.
Topic: knowledge
Animal Minds & Consciousness
For much of modern science, since the Enlightenment, animals were generally thought to be automatons: materialist robots programmed to behave in certain ways. Rene Descartes drew a sharp distinction between thinking beings, humans, and everything else, matter. 20th Century behaviorism continued to think of animals in this way but added humans to the mix. “Mind” … Animal Minds & Consciousness
Big Questions & How We Answer Them
In this middle school philosophy lesson plan, students express the degree of confidence they have in the truth of various statements.
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
What is an allegory? Explain to the students that an allegory is a kind of story in which what happens is being compared to something else that is similar and unstated. Activity 1. Read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (from The Republic) together – available on the Resources tab. Here is one adaptation of the allegory: … Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
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