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When given encouragement, children, are natural thinkers and wonderer's. Are you a thinker and wonderer? You were once a child or maybe still are and have lost the encouragement or environment in which to think.
Thoughts are important, valuable and interesting, and people should be encouraged to be natural talkers. We may feel our ideas and insights are unformed or incoherent but they have importance to us and ownership by us. I think, therefore I am – a famous philosopher is quoted as saying.
When given the chance to play with ideas, and given the right circumstances individuals are capable of sustained levels of reasoning and argument. At Phil1 we create the circumstances for dialogue that will stimulate critical thinking and reasoning whether you are a child or adult or somewhere in-between; whether you are a Diplomat or Dairy-maid, unemployed, employed or retired.
Phil1, primarily, is a national resource for individuals or groups to engage in both the fun and reward of philosophy. Philosophy can seem a big and off-putting word but at Phil1 we can make it jargon-free and accessible to all, irrespective of your prior knowledge or experience. In fact, for many people, if you are interested in learning about philosophy and critical thinking, the less you know of philosophy the better!
Phil1 offers a base in Galloway for individuals, families or groups to engage in philosophy in a non-threatening environment. You can attend for an hour, an evening, a day, weekend or longer. You can bring your employees or your work colleagues, your department, your committee, your community group, your ‘gang’.
Phil1 will construct a programme to meet your needs.
Phil1 is based at Kilquhanity Childrens Village in rural Galloway, about 6 miles from Castle Douglas and 2 miles from the A75 at Springholm. The website at: www.Phil1.co.uk will give you contact information. Please feel free to telephone or e-mail if you would like to know more. Phil1 is organised by Andrew Pyle the Headteacher at Kilquhanity.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Calvin and Hobbes (1985-1995)
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
Calvin and Hobbes was a syndicated comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher.
