{"id":24946,"date":"2025-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plato-philosophy.org\/?p=24946"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:21:01","slug":"studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aanya Padhi is a sophomore at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She is interested in applied ethics and political philosophy and is active in advocacy work to overturn wrongful convictions and address prosecutorial misconduct. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, as a high school freshman, I signed up for an Introduction to Philosophy class at my local community college, where I was the youngest student in the class. If you\u2019re wondering how I ended up there and why\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me dial it back a little: <\/strong>My grandma was a professor of eastern ethics in India and had introduced me to the subject of philosophy. Her work raised a lot of questions for me and inspired a deep curiosity to learn more. I wanted to understand how philosophical thinking and logic worked, how I could use existing frameworks to shape and communicate difficult ideas, and what a philosopher actually did. Ethics intrigued me and became one of those interests you read about in your spare time but other core philosophical concepts\u2014like epistemology and metaphysics\u2014were completely foreign to me. Signing up for the course, I thought it would be a great opportunity to challenge myself.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the course, I was excited about everything I\u2019d learned and felt as if I was thinking in a whole new way. Not only did I feel I\u2019d been challenged, but I also challenged the facts I already knew and began looking at \u2018what I know\u2019 with a new perspective. That shift in how I think is exactly why I\u2019m writing this blog\u2014to reflect on what I learned and why I believe more students should give philosophy a chance early on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course itself:<\/strong> I\u2019m not going to sugar coat it\u2014having to do ten assignments, consisting of assigned readings and video lectures, plus ten corresponding quizzes a week was not easy. Although we went through so much mind-bending content at a fast pace, I stayed the course because of the interesting topics I was being exposed to. Within a few days I went from reading Plato\u2019s Phaedo, grappling with the concepts of opposites and death, learning about knowledge and skepticism, and about the current evidence and arguments for and against the existence of God.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While going through the course material, certain ideas and questions really stayed with me. For instance, I learned about Descartes, a philosopher who was a skeptic.  He proposed the idea that everything we think is true might actually be false and that for all we know, our thoughts could be controlled by an evil genius\u2014an intriguing (and scary!) thought that successfully challenges our belief system and wakes us up to other possibilities. Another idea that stood out was the mind-body problem\u2014a problem concerning the relationship between mental and physical entities\u2014especially Searle\u2019s analysis that the mind is a real, biological product of the brain\u2019s physical processes.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one of my finals, I was asked: \u201cDo you believe that God exists?\u201d My first instinct was to start my essay with \u201cGod does not exist\u201d because even after everything we learned, my practical side couldn\u2019t believe in a God I couldn\u2019t see or prove. And honestly, I was so overwhelmed by all the information that I couldn\u2019t settle on one perspective. But the more I sat with the material, the more I realized my initial reaction was kind of lazy and uninformed. Philosophy isn\u2019t just about accuracy; it\u2019s also about interpretation and perspective\u2014and about the fact that there doesn\u2019t have to be one final answer. With everything I had learned, just saying \u201cno\u201d felt like taking the easy way out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there were many more requirements for the essay, like understanding and including arguments from several different philosophers. I read through all the ideas I found thought-provoking, ranging from Anselm\u2019s Ontological argument from the 11th century to Freud\u2019s more contemporary view of an anthropomorphized god based on psychology to Carroll\u2019s naturalism theory. As I considered these different arguments for God, I kept circling back to one that made the most sense to me and seemed the most plausible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most interesting and probable concepts I came across in the course was the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza\u2019s idea of pantheism. He redefined what we mean by \u201cGod,\u201d suggesting that God isn\u2019t some human-like figure granting wishes to fulfill our psychological needs, but that God is nature itself and present in all things. That really shifted my thinking, and I used that perspective to frame my essay.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really cared about doing well on my essay and in the class so I reached out to my professor for help. And, not to my surprise at all, he had a lot of comments for me which was humbling but really helped me understand the connections between the various points at hand. He helped me refine my ideas and taught me the importance of digging deeper into one specific argument. So, after a few office hours with my professor, that\u2019s exactly what I did. I was blessed by the community college gods with a professor who helped me understand the concepts and establish a thoughtful, articulate argument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My takeaways:<\/strong> To keep this blog short, sweet, and informational, I would say taking a college-level philosophy class as a 9th grader was not just an educational experience but also encouraged me to become a more reflective person. Sure, it made me a skeptic, but not in the pessimistic way of thinking we are all being controlled by an evil genius. Instead, it taught me to ask questions like, \u201cHow do we know this is true? Is there anything else to consider?\u201d or \u201cWhat does it really mean for something to exist?\u201d Philosophy is not just about asking and answering fundamental questions as I thought when I began the class. It is really the study of thinking itself.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will continue to take philosophy classes in the future, likely in ethics and political philosophy, which are areas connected to preparing me to compete with my Ethics Bowl team and to become a more effective advocate for social justice. I am so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone to take full advantage of this opportunity, and I look forward to all I will do with what I have learned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aanya Padhi is a sophomore at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She is interested in applied ethics and political philosophy and is active in advocacy work to overturn wrongful convictions and address prosecutorial misconduct.  Last year, as a high school freshman, I signed up for an Introduction to Philosophy class at my local … Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":24947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wondering-aloud"],"yoast_head":"\nStudying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Castles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@platoorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@platoorg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Castles\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdf02ea5c908a833fbd35bf700f4281e\"},\"headline\":\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1100,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Wondering Aloud\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/\",\"name\":\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1067},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"PLATO\",\"description\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Plato-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/Plato-Logo.png\",\"width\":354,\"height\":181,\"caption\":\"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/platoorg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdf02ea5c908a833fbd35bf700f4281e\",\"name\":\"Paul Castles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Castles\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plato-philosophy.org\\\/author\\\/paul\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","description":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","og_description":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.","og_url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/","og_site_name":"PLATO","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1067,"url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Castles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@platoorg","twitter_site":"@platoorg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Castles","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cdf02ea5c908a833fbd35bf700f4281e"},"headline":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class","datePublished":"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/"},"wordCount":1100,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg","articleSection":["Wondering Aloud"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/","name":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-01T16:00:00+00:00","description":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class - a post from PLATO - The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg","width":1600,"height":1067},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/","name":"PLATO","description":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#organization","name":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Plato-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Plato-Logo.png","width":354,"height":181,"caption":"Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLATOPhilosophy?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/platoorg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cdf02ea5c908a833fbd35bf700f4281e","name":"Paul Castles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12a4723452081c644fe17f295eb113aad686c3e23369dd5d0c6b3e58053f94db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Castles"},"url":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}