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Knowledge
Idea:
The aim of the session is to try to provide an account of the conditions under which it can be said that we know something. A secondary, and more philosophical, aim of the session is to identify any children who think that providing an account of knowledge is harder than it might at first seem.
This session is very improvisatory so w...
Ages: Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Epistemology
Themes: Perceiving, Knowledge, Induction, Evidence
The Big Number
The Philosophy
This session needs a little bit of general knowledge – that is why it is KS2, but half the fun is how the children try to apply their limited general knowledge to solve the problem. There are two basic issues. The first is whether 'facts' about the world expressed in numbers are literally true. The second is wheth...
Ages: Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Epistemology
