Philosophy For Young Thinkers - Amy Leask at TEDxMilton

Amy Leask discusses how the todays youth can apply philosophical thinking in todays world.
Amy Leask is living proof that you really can do something useful with a degree (or two) in philosophy. A former educator, she spends much of her time helping thinkers of all ages to ask big questions. Amy is the author of ThinkAboutIt: Philosophy For Kids and According to Phil: A Young Thinker's Guide To Robots. She's also co-founder of Enable Training and Consulting in Milton, Ontario. Her work can be seen at _www.KidsThinkAboutit.com and _www.EnableTC.com.
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[@theWazimu]

She is a wonderful humanbeing. I wish for the world to have more wonderful humanbeings like her, in one BIG place for youngsters who wants to learn, but a problimised in upgrading yourself and your creature being. I wish.

[@itchynights]

communities of inquiry are amazing alternatives to traditionally practiced philosophy in academia. they're much more inclusive, active, and a brilliant way to get the uninitiated reasoning about important beliefs--especially children and teens. great talk--very accessible and lighthearted. something philosophy sorely needs!

[@cavejohnson3001]

agreed

[@peteface24]

16.5 hours! That's how long the average (young?) person consumes electronic media for per day?!! I only stay awake for about 13.5 hours a day!

[@csgstormer]

She mentions that when you are one your phone while watching TV, they count both separately. So its kind of doubles quickly.

[@rosariodelcollado2205]

Nice to listen you Amy trough this media is a pleasure to see people form the ICPIC and the international community of inquiry doing this programs. I love your books too congratulations greetings from Mexico

[@Ffd23456]

philosphers dont need a school ,university,or collage they only need an event

[@kimjongunsson5322]

Even tho she turns back very often, adjusts her hair, and sound wasnt continuous. she did it better than me.

[@3rdaxis609]

Thanks

[@mariasmith2198]

0:29 This usually where I pause for laughter….no one laughs.

[@erenrodriguez8768]

Could this video have closed captions added for the places where audio cuts out?

[@Potenti4lz]

We are generating more content than we can literally comfortably consume.

[@walabouzar1502]

I really can't continue watching this video , why r u looking back !!!

[@zstroyer0626]

Oh no!! She keeps looking back, how could I ever come to terms with the fact that she's just looking back at the screen to check if everything is working... oh no!!

[@0myjoe]

i disliked as video keeps cutting sound out :(

[@phy29]

Start like this the truth... Is because you get the true sens of a Candy that you appreciate more.....

[@hassanking4275]

Tough crowd

[@1819050]

Can't like or dislike, I wanted to hear what she had to say but between her squeaking, the poor audio, and the sound cutoffs right at pivotal points was a let down.

[@danielmathews9101]

She's not a philosopher. Philosophy is not an intricate system made of little parts. Philosophy is the questioning of the most fundamental assumptions made upon the world, how those assumptions can be justified and reasoned to their logical conclusion to describe what is true or false, real or not, what is good and what is evil.

[@PetiteSevi]

oh for crying out loud... "She's not a philosopher. Philosophy is not an intricate system made of little parts." What a big assumption! Not very philosophical thinking right here people!!!!

[@jean-luculmer3108]

Lmfao, at the response to this comment.

[@csgstormer]

Your description of philosophy I can agree with. However I would like to know how philosophy not a system made of little parts? You described yourself philosophy deals with foundational assumptions. How do we build upon foundations without parts?

[@ianhruday9584]

Tell David Lewis or John McDowell - to name two philosophers at random (from tha analytic tradition), that their philosophic systems don't have lots of moving parts. Or if your feeling continental try Hegel or Heidegger. Or if your feeling ancient try Platanus or Aristotle. All of these thinkers were systematic in their thinking. You're confusing the products of philosophy with the process of philosophy. The term "Philosophy" is ambiguous between the activity of philosophising and the body of thought produced by that activity. Even if I were to accept your definition of the activity I see no reason it shouldn't result in a body of thought which conforms to her analogy.

[@irentreasure9415]

The voice cracks...

[@phy29]

Why cigarette stop thé croissance.....

[@tilakrijal3689]

why are you looking back again again, it's really not a good part of a speaker

[@mariasmith2198]

I really hate the way she teaches. She is in fact devaluating some of the greatest philosophers like Zeno, Aristotle, or even Nietzsche, by labeling them basically old men in togas. Can't say the communities of Inquiry have done anything useful yet.

[@SaintJoseph911]

I think she's trying to get "young" people to think they can at least have an interest in philosophy even tho times have changed dramatically & people don't walk around in robes anymore etc

[@ianhruday9584]

Or perhaps you have it backwards... Aristotle was activly engadged in philosophic conversations with his predecessors. He also developed his chops in the academy and went on to found his own school, prividing him with many opportunities for dialogue and reflection. Zeno developed his paradoxes in the context of defending Parmenides' philosophic system. I know less about Nietzche's life, but I do know he was deeply occupied with responting to the Western philosophic tradition. Its hard to read too much into what she's saying since its a 15 min talk, but one plausible thesis is that its the context of a shared community of inquiry which provokes thinkers into their best work. After all, how do you expect anyone to erect any philosophic edifice if every new worker has to lay their own foundation? Isn't it much more efficient for new hands to test a support here or raise a wall there? How much more secure will structure be if you have many pairs of eyes to make sure everything's u[ to code. The new media extends our ability to form communities, and by recruting labour, perhaps it improves our ability to do philosophy. We shouldn't devaluse great thinkers, but we should recognize that they were furnished with concepts, agruments and questions by others who shared their love of wisdom.

[@williambailey9343]

@Maria Smith You have it backwards my friend. When she compared philosophy to plumbing, she referred to many intricate parts that build together to form the whole. This is what philosophy is - a building of thought based on the interwoven evolution of thinkers. The old people in togas are simply the founding layers upon which our whole philosophy belief system is built. She was simply describing their appearance.

[@dipak1978]

Philosopher didn't succeed As a speaker