"Philosophy Within and Beyond the Classroom: P4C and Other Explorations"

The 2025 Conference Theme:
"Philosophy Within and Beyond the Classroom:
P4C and Other Explorations"

In the Philippines, philosophy has traditionally been taught across senior high school (SHS) to graduate school classrooms. Various branches of philosophy have previously been drawn on in required subjects in the mandated senior high school and college curricula, in seminaries, as well as in specialized undergraduate and graduate philosophy degree programs. However, recent proposed and actual changes to curricula across these contexts could mean that fewer classrooms in the Philippines will teach philosophy as a discrete course. While this may constitute a crisis for Filipino philosophy educators, it also indicates an opportunity to explore various ways to bring philosophy across disciplines, age groups, and spaces. This conference explores how philosophy, in various forms, can be tapped and and promoted both within different classrooms and in alternative spaces.

This year’s conference will feature papers, panels, and workshops that explore the following topics:

• Theories and practices within the traditions of Philosophy for Children (P4C) and Community of Philosophical Inquiry (CoPI)

• Philosophy in basic education, higher education, and non-formal learning spaces

• Philosophical inquiry for civic engagement and community empowerment

• Innovative approaches and sources in philosophy education

• Philosophy across the curriculum: interdisciplinary approaches

• Teaching ethics and values education

• Philosophical thinking, critical thinking, and reflective practice in education

• Public philosophy and its impact on society

• Philippine, Indigenous, feminist, postcolonial, and critical perspectives in philosophy education

• Educational policy around philosophy and critical thinking