"How do we get people interested in philosophy?" is the wrong question. Every child is interested, we have to figure out how to not kill it.
This is even more relevant to questions like "how can we get more women interested in philosophy?". Young girls are curious – I assure you.
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@existentialcoms You might want to reword that last partThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@existentialcoms I’m very interested in philosophy. But not in the huffery puffery that I perceived to be the philosophy degree program. - 1 more reply
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@existentialcoms are there any philosophies that deal with growing another person inside your body and then being responsible for their care - 2 more replies
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@existentialcoms i remember reading a lot of stuff about children and child-rearing in philosophy but it seemed, if you please, academicThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@existentialcoms Getting women interested isnt the problem. Over ½ of 1st years are female. But somehow phil manages to stifle that interestThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@existentialcoms Phi-curious?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@existentialcoms@mpigliucci I agree. I asked for Plato's Republic as a Christmas present when I was 16.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@existentialcoms anyone should be interested in philosophy, regardless of gender. & there's so few female philosophers throughout history :/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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