- Read closely. Judge independently. Reason together.
A Commons for Young Thinkers
Thinkerivus is a public platform built by and for secondary-school students. Through philosophical reading, inquiry into public questions, student writing, seminars, podcasts, digital humanities projects, and learning tools, it cultivates judgment and public reason.
Start with a Question
Why do people recognize and follow rules?
When does a language acquire a public life?
Can machines participate in public judgment?
How does history remain present in a city?
Can a game become a laboratory for political philosophy?
Journal
A Journal of Ideas by Young Thinkers
Podcast
A podcast on ethics and political philosophy in sport
PHHS CUP
Essay Writing Challenge
Agora
Philosophy Summer Workshop
READING GERMANY IN SHANGHAI
German Echoes across Knowledge, Exile, and Linguistic Boundaries — Online Book
Yiddish Routes
An ArcGIS StoryMap tracing the public life and historical routes of Yiddish from the Rhineland through Weimar, Berlin, and Warsaw to Shanghai
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We believe young people should do more than acquire knowledge and learn facts. They should also learn to question assumptions, trace how ideas have taken shape through history, and reflect on how knowledge itself is constructed.