childhood & philosophy  

clinton golding

Philosophy for Children is an important educational programme that engages children in philosophical inquiry as the means to make sense of the world. A key to its success is that participant’s progress with making sense of the world or, more colloquially,... see more

cristina rochetti

This work intends to research the paradox present in the words Philosophy and Childhood. Examined together in this way, the words may seem, for those who are not devoted to this subject, strangely incongruous. The first steps in addressing this combinatio... see more

cesar catalani,patrícia del nero velasco

This article aims to present part of the results from the Scientific Initiation research entitled Logical Foundations of Education for Thinking. Specifically, the exposed contents are the logical ones developed by Matthew Lipman in his philosophical novel... see more

diego antonio pineda

The reasonableness is a basic ideal of a philosophical education. Such ideal is especially expressed in “Philosophy for Children” by the notion, still open to multiple interpretations, of “good reasons”. “Being reasonable” means, in its widest sense, the ... see more

eva marsal,takara dobashi

The reasonableness is a basic ideal of a philosophical education. Such ideal is especially expressed in “Philosophy for Children” by the notion, still open to multiple interpretations, of “good reasons”. “Being reasonable” means, in its widest sense, the ... see more

anna maria carpentieri

The text starts with an introductory note in which the author, who has already used the curriculum she will discuss, clarifies her didactic choices in two ways. Her primary motivation was 1) to assist in the dynamic and multi-dimensional growth of her stu... see more

arianne hecker,maría silvia rebagliati,maría silvia rebagliati

In this paper we seek to share our speculations on the sustained experiences of children between the ages of four and eight years old enrolled in pre-schools and rural schools in Patagonia, Argentina that participated in the play of thinking. Considering ... see more

lucia francesca pulvirenti,alessandra tigano,agata valenziano,lucia zoda

The main objective of teaching workshop’s experimental stage is to compare hypotheses of research, which have embodied the creation of the project, with obtained results. Working within this connection, we have initiated a hermeneutic value analysis of fr... see more

damian spiteri

This paper is centered on analyzing how a ‘philosophy for children’ lecturing methodology (Lipman, Sharp and Oscanyan, 1978) can foster learning amongst foundation-level students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, MCAST. This is a coll... see more