Philosophy
Explore ideas. Read deeply. Think independently. Write with precision.
Engage with major philosophical questions, texts, thinkers, and traditions while developing the ability to analyse concepts, construct rigorous arguments, and express complex ideas with clarity.
Private mentoring is individually designed around each student's interests, academic goals, and level of experience. Sessions can focus on one particular objective or combine several areas as the student's philosophical interests and ambitions develop.
Areas of focus
What philosophy mentoring can cover
Explore philosophical ideas, questions and traditions
Go beyond simply learning what philosophers have said. Explore fundamental questions about knowledge, ethics, politics, identity, freedom, justice, consciousness, language, science and society, while learning to recognise the assumptions and arguments behind different philosophical positions.
Students can follow a structured introduction to philosophy or pursue particular questions, thinkers and traditions that interest them.
Read and discuss philosophical texts
Learn how to approach demanding philosophical texts with confidence. Students work with original philosophical writings as well as contemporary scholarship, learning how to identify central claims, reconstruct arguments, interpret difficult passages, compare perspectives and critically engage with what they read.
Reading is combined with one-to-one discussion, allowing students to test interpretations, formulate questions and gradually develop their own philosophical voice.
Write and refine philosophical essays
Develop philosophical writing from the initial question to the final polished essay. Mentoring can cover conceptualisation, thesis development, argument construction, structure, use of examples and counterarguments, philosophical style, editing and revision.
Students receive detailed feedback on their writing and learn not merely how to improve an individual essay, but how to become more independent and sophisticated philosophical writers.
Prepare for Philosophy Olympiads and competitions
Receive specialised preparation for national selections, the International Philosophy Olympiad and other philosophy competitions.
Preparation can include working with previous Olympiad quotations and topics, developing arguments under time constraints, analysing sample essays, practising different approaches to philosophical problems, improving essay structure and learning how to produce an original, coherent and philosophically sophisticated response within competition conditions.
Develop work for publication
Students interested in taking their philosophical writing beyond school assignments can develop essays, articles or independent research projects towards publication.
Mentoring supports the entire process: identifying a suitable question, developing an original argument, conducting philosophical research, working with academic sources, revising successive drafts and preparing a piece for submission.
Excel in IB and other philosophy courses or projects
Private sessions can complement school-based philosophy by providing individualised support with difficult concepts, texts, essays, presentations, internal projects and independent research.
Rather than replacing the student's school programme, mentoring provides the additional intellectual challenge and individual feedback that is often difficult to achieve within a classroom setting.
Prepare for university-level philosophy
For students considering philosophy or related disciplines at university, mentoring can provide a bridge between school-level and university-level academic work.
Students can develop familiarity with major philosophical debates, practise close reading of academic texts, learn how to participate in seminar-style discussions, strengthen academic writing and argumentation, and begin developing the intellectual independence expected at university.
More than studying philosophy
Across all these areas, the objective remains the same: to help students become increasingly independent thinkers.
Students learn to ask better questions, recognise conceptual distinctions, uncover assumptions, reconstruct and evaluate arguments, consider objections, defend positions and revise their thinking when confronted with stronger reasons.
At its core, the programme helps students learn not simply what philosophers have thought, but how to think philosophically themselves.
About your coach and his experiences
International Philosophy Olympiad experience
Mr. Andrič has served on the Executive Board of the International Philosophy Olympiad since 2022, contributing to the organisation, development and academic standards of the world's most prestigious philosophy competition. He was responsible for organising the Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 and has extensive experience preparing students for philosophy competitions. Between 2015 and 2020, several students he personally mentored went on to win medals at the International Philosophy Olympiad.
Your mentor
Mr. Miha Andrič
International educator · Philosopher · Debate coach · Mentor
An internationally recognised philosopher, educator, debate coach and communication expert whose work has shaped philosophy and debate education across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
For more than fifteen years he has worked with students, teachers, coaches, universities and educational institutions in over forty countries, becoming one of the leading international specialists in critical thinking, argumentation, philosophy and competitive debate.
"The purpose of education is not merely to teach students what to think, but how to think."
Rather than reproducing established knowledge, students are challenged to ask better questions, explore competing perspectives, develop original ideas and defend those ideas through rigorous reasoning, thoughtful dialogue and intellectual honesty.
Join the programme
Only a limited number of students are accepted each year.
To ensure genuine individual attention, places are deliberately few. Students and parents are invited to begin with a short introductory conversation to discuss goals, expectations and whether the mentorship is the right fit. Following this conversation, a personalised mentoring plan and schedule are designed together.
- The first conversation
- Free and without obligation — a chemistry meeting for the student, the parents and the mentor.
- Fees
- Determined after the first free conversation, once the scope, frequency and goals of the mentorship have been agreed together.