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Center for Philosophy for Children

University of Washington
  • Who We Are
    • About the Center
    • People
    • Why philosophy for children?
    • Reflections Newsletter
  • What We Do
    • Philosophers in the Schools Program
    • Certificate of Mastery
    • High School Ethics Bowl
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    • Graduate Fellowships
    • Zoom Philosophy Classes
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October birthdays

October 1 Catharine MacKinnon (American, born 1946)

October 4 Richard Rorty (American, born 1931)

October 14 Hannah Arendt (German, born 1906)

October 15 Friedrich Nietzsche (German, born 1844)
and Michel Foucault (French, born 1926)

October 18 Henri Bergson (French, born 1859)

October 20 John Dewey (American, born 1859)

October 29 A. J. Ayer (British, born 1910)

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Jana Mohr Lone is the director and founder of the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children, an academic research center dedicated to research and practice in philosophy for children and philosophy of childhood, and she is an Affiliate Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. Jana is the author of Seen and Not Heard (2021) and The Philosophical Child (2012). She co-authored the textbook Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools (2016) and co-edited the collection of essays Philosophy and Education: Introducing Philosophy to Young People (2012). Since 1995 she has taught philosophy in classrooms from preschool to college and beyond. A frequent writer and speaker about precollege philosophy, Jana is the founding president of PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People. Follow her on Twitter: @JanaMohrLone

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