About Aletheia
Philosophy belongs to everyone.
An independent, student-led Canadian journal making philosophy — and the writing of it — more accessible to middle and high school students.
Our Mission
Aletheia is built on one belief: philosophy should not be reserved for experts. Students should be able to question assumptions, explore unfamiliar ideas, and argue for themselves — now, not after a degree.
Philosophy is too often taught as names and positions to memorise before anyone may speak. We think that is backwards. It begins with a question a person actually has, and continues through the work of giving reasons.
ἀλήθεια
alḗtheia — Greek for truth — literally “unconcealment”: the moment something hidden is brought into the open. That is what a good question does.
Our Philosophy
“You don’t need to be good at philosophy to begin doing it.”
Good philosophy requires very little equipment: attention, honesty about what you do not know, and the patience to follow a thought past the point where it becomes inconvenient. Those are habits, not credentials.
So we look for essays that take a real risk — that state a position, anticipate the strongest objection to it, and respond rather than retreat. We would rather publish a modest argument that knows its own limits than an ambitious one that pretends to have none.
Written by hand, before it was ever published
What we hold to
Our Team
The team is still forming, and we would rather leave this page quiet than fill it with titles. Students and university volunteers are welcome to help build it.
- Editorial readersForming
- Content and outreachForming
- Academic guidanceNot yet confirmed
As volunteers join, their names appear here. We do not list advisers or affiliations we do not have.
Founder
Karl Gong
A student in Canada who kept meeting young writers with nowhere to publish. Aletheia is his answer: a journal by students their own age, and resources that make starting easier.