Programme details

Friday June 3^rd 2016

		Half day 1 Generating Ideas
9.00 – 9.15	Registration
9.15 – 9.30	Introduction to   EPIC International	Dr Catherine McCall, EPIC International, Scotland
9.30 -10.15	Philosophical Introductions	Led by Ms Ieva Rowena, EPIC International, Latvia This stimulating activity will ‘jump start’ your philosophical thinking and exchange with other participants
10.15 – 11.00	Signs and Symbols	Facilitated by Ms Radmila Sutton, EPIC International, England What is a distinction?  A sign is always sign for something else – but in itself (or for itself?) or for a person that does not understand it, it has no meaning. When is stone  a sign and when is it just a stone?
11.00 – 11.30	Comfort break+ coffee
11.30 – 12.15	A Taste of CoPI	Chaired by drs Ed Weijers, EPIC International, the Netherlands Usually practised for 20 hours, this session gives you a little flavour of the experience of the Community of Philosophical Inquiry
12.15 – 13.30	Lunch
		Half day 2 Ideas in Action
13.30 – 13.45	Registration
13.45 -14.00	Introduction to   EPIC International	Ms Radmila Sutton, EPIC International, England
14.00 – 14.45	The Four Table Experiment	Led by drs Ed Weijers, EPIC International, the Netherlands You will discover in an active way how simple objects turn out to be fundament breakers. A playful challenge. ‘Things’ will never be the same for you again.
14.45 – 15.30	Philosophy in Prisons: Critical Thinking and Community of Inquiry	Presented by Prof Duncan Pritchard & Dr Mary Bovill, Edinburgh University, Scotland This presentation will describe the Philosophy in Prisons project piloted in Low Moss and Cornton Vale prisons in 2015
15.30 – 16.00	Comfort break+ coffee
16.00 – 17.00	A Taste of CoPI	Chaired Dr Catherine McCall, EPIC International, Scotland Usually practised for 20 hours, this session gives you a little flavour of the experience of the Community of Philosophical Inquiry

 

Saturday June 4^th 2016

		Half day 3 Examining Ideas
9.00 – 9.15	Registration
9.15 – 9.30	Introduction to   EPIC International	drs Ed Weijers, EPIC International, the Netherlands
9.30 -10.15	Connections	Led by Radmila Sutton, EPIC International, England In order to understand  the world we make connections,  making new connections is part of creative thinking, can all words be connected by a linking idea?
10.15 – 11.00	Fallacies Workshop	Facilitated by Dr Catherine McCall, EPIC International, Scotland Have you ever known that a politician or pundit is wrong in the argument they make, but can’t put your finger on why? This workshop will show one of the common ways that pundits mislead the public.
11.00 – 11.30	Comfort break+ coffee
11.30 – 12.15	A Taste of CoPI	Chaired by drs Ed Weijers, EPIC International, the Netherlands Usually practised for 20 hours, this session gives you a little flavour of the experience of the Community of Philosophical Inquiry
12.15 – 13.30	Lunch
		Half day 4 The Power of Ideas
13.30 – 13.45	Registration
13.45 -14.00	Introduction to   EPIC International	Dr Catherine McCall, EPIC International, Scotland
14.00 – 14.45	Who am I?	Led by Radmila Sutton, EPIC International, England How do we define ourselves? What makes you YOU?  What features or qualities are important for your identity?
14.45 – 15.30	Fruitful Oppositions – a way to move using Philographics	Facilitated   by drs Ed Weijers, EPIC International, the Netherlands We need landmarks. Clear positions to find our way and to understand things. Complete opposite and non-synthesizable ideas help us. They also push us to move conceptually. Are you an individual or member of a group?
15.30 – 16.00	Comfort break+ coffee
16.00 – 17.00	A Taste of CoPI	Chaired Dr Catherine McCall. EPIC International, Scotland Usually practised for 20 hours, this session gives you a little flavour of the experience of the Community of Philosophical Inquiry

 

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