Description
These constitute the core of the event. These smaller gatherings of pupils and teachers in different rooms happens simultaneously.
Pupils taking part in the workshops have to write a paper presenting their commentary on a philosophical text of their own choosing, preferably making a link to the theme of HYBRIDITY. The theme or topic of the paper may be chosen from one of the following:
Ethics
Theory of Knowledge
Politics and Society
Philosophical Anthropology
Other domains
The participant’s paper may consist of the following:
A substantial excerpt from a philosophical text;
A commentary on this text which should explain the main claim and question it tries to answer;
A counterpoint or counter-argument to the text’s main claim (this can either be the writer’s own reflections or another viewpoint from another thinker/field of study).
A paper can be delivered in either French or English. Each workshop lasts for 1 hour. There should be at least 15 min. for a plenary “question and answer” portion of the session. Each session is managed by a pupil chairperson (with the support of a teacher).
Title: On education and breeding
Description: In our presentation, we would like to analyze how education and breeding influence the human being throughout their lives, using both philosophical and psychological theories.
Title: How does media consumption and ideology challenges free will?
Description: We will explore how external forces, such as media consumption and ideology, affect our free will and rational thinking. We will explore this using theories of epistemology, political philosophy, and free will and determinism.
Title: Que sont la vertu et le mérite ?
Devrait-on se diriger vers elles ? Et si oui, comment ?
Description: Dans cet atelier, nous allons explorer ensemble, à travers la réflexion, l’étendue de l’intégration de la dimension morale de l’individu dans les sociétés actuelles.
Title: Thinking and dwelling with Dostoevsky and Sartre
Description: Presentation analysis of Jean Paul Sartre and Dostoevsky's existentialism alongside comparisons and contrasts, with focus on their mindsets and outlook on life through the power of thinking and dwelling.
Title: Demeures hantées
Description: 'Demeures hantées', est un atelier explorant le lien entre le lieu et l'habitant. L'analyse se fait au travers les œuvres 'Coraline' et 'The Haunting of Hill House', et leur rapport avec le surnaturel et l'imaginaire. Comment le lieu qu'on habite nous influence t'il? Comment laisse t'on une trace dans une demeure, même parfois après la mort? Et pourquoi...
