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This collection, gathering over thirty articles from the Teaching Philosophy journal, describes novel ways to teach philosophical ideas. Ideas range from simple games for teaching abstract concepts to ambitious course designs featuring various media. Plato's Allegory of the Cave is the best known attempt to 'demonstrate' philosophy. In this volume, the first in the Teaching Philosophy Series, thirty modern philosophers share their classroom-proven methods in a unique text valuable to teachers on all levels. Co-published with Teaching Philosophy.