The Philosopher's Island

In this volume of Analytic Teaching we begin a new regular feature: A review of websites that promote philosophical inquiry. The sites reviewed in this column have one thing in common - they are designed to encourage and promote the activity of philosophy amongst students of all ages. While principally designed for use in schools, many of these sites provide wonderful resources that can also be used to initiate philosophical inquiry between parents and children or between groups of friends.It has often been noted that the global nature of the web throws the possibilities of cross-cultural dialogue and understanding wide open. Many of the sites we will be reviewing here have been developed(and funded) with the express purpose of building inquiry across national and cultural borders.Other sites we will be reviewing reflect the local and particular; they are tied to an individual school, teacher, or group of children. In sharing their resources through the web, these people have provided us all with a rich set of materials that may prompt us to begin our own philosophical inquiries. In prompting us to post our own replies, these sites too open the possibility for ongoing dialogue and cultural exchange.