PLATO Roundtable: Cultivating an Ease with Changing Course
We so enjoyed being invited to open up for PLATO’s Roundtable discussion on cultivating an ease with changing course. Learn more about PLATO and check out the recording here!
Category: Merlin Press
Merlin, Teach Different & Plato Team Up for the PPN Conference in Santa Cruz
Dan Fouts & Merlin team members Mitch Conway & Marisa Diaz-Waian team up to lead a workshop on process and questioning at this year’s technology themed Public Philosophy Network Conference at UC Santa Cruz. Check it out here!
Suffering & Scars: A Conversation on the Teach Different Podcast
In this podcast, Steve and Dan Fouts – brothers & co-founders of Teach Different — visit with Marisa Diaz-Waian of Merlin CCC to discuss the role of suffering in shaping our character, enriched by the Teach Different Method. Listen to the podcast here!
Merlin Director Featured in Humanities MT Environmental Humanities Perspective Series
Part of a Humanities Montana series on environmental humanities, this short essay by Merlin Director Marisa Diaz-Waian reflects upon nature, friendship, and this special place called home. Read the essay here!
“Philosophy In & By the Community”: Merlin & Helena Community Members featured in Vernon Press Anthology
A 2021 Vernon Press anthology series edited by Stephen Kekoa Miller featuring eight chapters about doing philosophy in innovative ways, both in the schools and the community at large. In our chapter, “Philosophy In & By the Community,” we explore how Merlin CCC — with the help & support of community — has taken shape in interesting, delightful, and unexpected ways. In the process, we discuss our approach to philosophy, the kind of work we do, and some of its characteristics…as well as the significance & beauty of community & place. Learn more here!
Merlin Featured in APA: An “Into Philosophy” Series Interview
An American Philosophical Association special series by Jeremy Bendik-Keymer and the “Into Philosophy” Team. This interview with Merlin CCC Founder & Director, Marisa Diaz-Waian, is part of a collection of collaborative essays/mini-series called “Philosophy as a Way of Life.” Read the interview here!
Merlin “Philosophy in the Community” Program Featured on PLATO
The Philosophy Learning & Teaching Organization has been by our side from day one. They were our first grantors and have continued to support our organization annually in various ways since 2017. In June of this year, we were interviewed by PLATO and asked various questions about Starting a philosophy community initiative, our program highlights, our goals & visions, and more. Check out the interview here!
Merlin Philosophy Programs Selected by Humanities Montana for 2019-2020
We are pumped to have been asked & selected by Humanities Montana to create two programs about philosophy — both of which speak to the relevance and import of philosophical thinking in our everyday lives.
