Teach philosophy to heal our ‘post-truth’ society, says President Higgins
President highlights need for citizens to identify ‘illusory rhetoric’ after recent events
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina hosted a reception in Aras an Uachtarain for Philosophy Ireland on Saturday. Photograph: Julien Behal/Maxwells
Teaching philosophy in schools, and promoting it in society, is urgently needed to enable citizens “to discriminate between truthful language and illusory rhetoric”, President Michael D Higgins has said.