"The percentage of college graduates who are majors in philosophy is about five and half times higher in Canada than in the United States," writes Justin Weinberg. One factor, he writes, "might be the success philosophers have had in implementing philosophy courses in Ontario high schools." In this article, Eric Wilkinson describes the program and its possible effect. I went through the Ontario system long before any such course and only learned of the existence of philosophy when it was offered as a humanities course instead of English, which was full. But even if I wasn't aware of philosophy, I was certainly ready for it. And so I'm thinking wider factors may be at work here. I grew up in an atmosphere where questioning is encouraged, creativity is expected, and reason is the norm. That plus a healthy dose of science fiction prepared me to face the big questions of our time.
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