Secondary Philosothon

The Secondary Philosothon was held on Thursday the 30th of August at the Ballarat Grammar City Site. 

All schools and students participated admirably and it was great to see some new schools in attendance as well as some regular schools who have been coming for years.

The school results of the secondary philosothon are as follows:

1st: Ballarat Grammar School

2nd: Kind David School

3rd: MacRobertson High School

The individual students recognitions from the night included:

Judges and Facilitators Recognition:

Lucas - Ballarat Grammar

Diya - MacRobertson High Schol

Peer Recognition:

Max - Scotch College

Congratulations to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing you all next year!

Students participated in four rounds of philosophical communities of inquiry and awarded points in the following categories:

Critical Thinking: including understanding, arguing, evaluating, challenging,  providing counterexamples, identifying assumptions 

Creative Thinking: including contributing original ideas, making links, providing examples, constructing analogies, providing thought experiments

Collaborative Thinking: including engaging appropriately, encouraging peers, showing intellectual humility, building on others' ideas, showing intellectual courage.

The four stimulus items for this year were:

Round 1: Ethics > Environmental Ethics

Round 2: Metaphysics > Personhood and the Brain

Round 3: Aesthetics > Bringing Arts to Life

Round 4: Epistemology > Epistemic Injustice in Education

You can access the stimuli through google drive here.