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Choose your own philosophy adventure

Updated Friday, 1 March 2019
'Castle, Forest, Island, Sea' is a choose-your-own-adventure interactive that explores key questions in philosophy. Where will your chosen path lead you?

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Castle, Forest, Island, Sea

From bickering birds to scary monsters, choose your quest and find your way out of the castle in our philosophy interactive.

There are nine chapters exploring key questions in philosophy and it will take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete your adventure. As you navigate through the story, the game will build up an idea of how you feel about these questions, and at the end of the game you'll receive an analysis of your choices and a map of how your opinions compare to different philosophers through the ages.

Are you ready to turn the first page? If so, select the image below to open the book...

Black and white illustration of a castle surrounded by trees with a tower in the centre. Dot like dashes create a sea around the island the castle is on top of.

Open the book

Please note:

This interactive feature will open in a pop-up window. To play in full-screen mode, hold down the Ctrl key and select the 'Open the book' link above. This will open the book in a new browser tab.

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