World Philosophy Day – November 17 2016

World Philosophy Day – November 17 2016. World Philosophy Day is celebrated each year on the third Thursday of November to promote human thought, new ideas and critical thinking to confront today’s challenges.The World Philosophy Dayday was proclaimed by UNESCO and it was first celebrated on 21 November 2002.

Celebration :

i. UNESCO organised the special programmes from November 16 to 18, 2016 in Paris

ii. They include international encounters on new philosophical practices, a roundtable on tolerance, the launching of the UNESCO Chair on the Practice of Philosophy with Children, a roundtable for teaching Aristotle, and a night of philosophy.

iii. This year UNESCO celebrates the birthdays of two eminent philosophers Artistotle and Leibniz.