{"title":"The Royal Institute of Philosophy","logo":{"url":"/media/21285/trip-logo-01.png?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1dab3676aee81b0","caption":"TRIP Logo 01","type":"png","size":64714,"width":1100,"height":1100,"altText":""},"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Royal Institute of Philosophy want to get more young people engaged in philosophical work to encourage critical thinking, exploring basic philosophical issues and free and rigorous enquiry. The Scouts\u0027 purpose is to give young people skills for life through a programme based on fun, adventure and learning by doing. Working in collaboration, we want to give young people the skills to ask the big questions, to think big and to make their own choices based on applied critical thinking and rigorous enquiry.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18869/come-to-think-of-it.png","width":982,"height":695,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022lead\u0022\u003EQuestion \u003Cem\u003Eeverything\u003C/em\u003E. Look at the world like a philosopher\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022rte-left rte-center\u0022\u003EPhilosophers look at the things we usually take for granted, and notice things about them that are strange, puzzling or surprising. For example, they might look at the person sat next to them and wonder whether they might be a zombie! Or they might eat a piece of cake and wonder whether the cake tastes the same to them as to everyone else. Or they might ask \u2018Why should I keep my promises?\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022rte-left rte-center\u0022\u003EImagine a Martian explorer came to Earth with a mission to understand Earthling Life. Imagine the Martian observes you with your friends; watches the news and TV shows; learns about history, reads lots of books and visits art galleries, hospitals and parks.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022rte-left rte-center\u0022\u003EWhat do you think they would find strange, puzzling or surprising about human life?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022rte-left rte-center\u0022\u003EOnce you get used to looking at the world like a philosopher (or a Martian!) you will probably find you have lots of questions that don\u2019t have easy answers. 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