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Huge rise in study of philosophy at school

It was once described as "a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing", yet in the past five years the number of pupils studying philosophy in Scottish schools has risen by more than 41%.

It was once described as "a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing", yet the popularity of philosophy in Scottish schools has seen a dramatic upturn in the past five years.