Ali Almossawi
Description: ................................................................ CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH IDEAS IS VITAL FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP. The Philosophy Club partners with schools and communities to build a culture of critical and creative thinking through collaborative philosophical inquiry. We run prize-winning workshops for students, and hands-on training programs for teachers providing practical tools to extend students' thinking. We offer a vision for…
Without common standards for what counts as a reliable method of inquiry, we won’t be able to agree on facts, let alone on values. Since we often have to decide, jointly, what to do in the face of disagreement, we need an epistemic common currency, and we need to be able to give reasons for why only certain epistemic principles should be part of that currency. (Extracts from an article by Michael P. Lynch)
The potential impact of our work as philosophical educators is three-dimensional: politically far-reaching, socially expansive and psychologically deep. It is through collaborative inquiry and dialogic argument that students learn the communication skills that will set them up for life.
Overconfidence in poorly supported claims is rife – but epistemic humility comes at a price: you pay in tentativeness, uncertainty and sometimes indecision. Beneath the shadow that doubt casts on comfortable truths, it’s harder to know what to believe.
Ali Almossawi