{"id":23392,"date":"2026-08-28T15:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&#038;p=23392"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:32:35","slug":"philosophers-in-the-making-domremy-students-take-on-the-socratic-summit","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/philosophers-in-the-making-domremy-students-take-on-the-socratic-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophers in the Making: Domremy Students Take on the Socratic Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Tuesday 25 August, students represented our school at Newington College for the <\/span><strong>2026 Socratic Summit<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a day dedicated to collaborative debate, philosophical inquiry, and critical thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sitting in mixed circles of inquiry, participants kicked off the day with a warm-up exercise debating contentious claims and practised respectfully agreeing, disagreeing, and evaluating arguments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The inquiry expanded across four core sessions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>The Moral Domain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Categorising actions as <\/span><b>MORAL or NOT MORAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and building criteria to test logic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Judging Right &amp; Wrong:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Examining societal norms to question whether doing what is &#8220;normal&#8221; or &#8220;natural&#8221; makes an action right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Good Taste &amp; Aesthetics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Debating subjective preference versus objective quality (&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is good because I like it <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; vs. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I like it because it\u2019s good<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;) and questioning expertise in art and music.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Ethics in Art:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Analysing real-world scenarios to tackle complex questions surrounding censorship and aesthetic value.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the day, students reflected continuously on their process &#8211; focusing on active listening, turn-taking, and acknowledging different points of view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They left with a final puzzle to ponder: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is &#8216;good&#8217; a subjective or objective concept, or does it exist outside human judgment?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to all participants for representing our school with outstanding curiosity and intellectual courage!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Lisa Ganderton, Leader of Enquiry and Enterprise<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23395\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_084735-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23394\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-1024x884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-768x663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-1536x1326.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000-174x150.jpg 174w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142000.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23393\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/08\/20260825_142126.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 25 August, students represented our school at Newington College for the 2026 Socratic Summit &#8211; 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