We consider a philosophical education too important to wait until adulthood, and to that end we run a summer camp aimed at introducing philosophy and logic to Utah youth. The idea is to serve both the greater Cedar City and University communities by providing interested area youth with an exposure to formal critical reasoning skills and a philosophical education. The summer camp is free to any int
erested local students (age 14 and up), and will take place for five days. As this year's will be the inaugural camp, we have to limit enrollment to about 15 students, but we hope to expand in future years. Our primary aim in offering this program is to introduce local youth to careful critical reasoning and philosophy at the pre-college age. We are a sister program of the Illinois Lyceum, the West Michigan Philosophy Lyceum, and the Iowa Lyceum and will utilize the summer camps both as a way to spread philosophical discourse to younger students, to increase readiness for the rigors of college, and most importantly clarify reasoning. We would like to thank the Southern Utah University College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office of the Provost, and the Grace A. Tanner Center for their generous support. We would not be able to do this without them.
