childhood & philosophy  

malvina argumedo

Este trabajo propone una serie de reflexiones en torno a las ideas de tiempo y existencia desde el pensamiento de Emmanuel Levinas, poniéndolas en diálogo con una suerte de aventura poética que Manoel de Barros encarna en su narrativa, como una travesía d... see more

beatriz fabiana olarieta

To philosophize with the children and teachers at school is basically to talk to them, to ask ourselves and to explore in a collective way the senses that the world presents or denies us. Otherwise, we could say that the practice of philosophizing implies... see more

carlos eduardo valenzuela echeverri

"Greek Calends". Sicilian writer GesualdoBufalino’s book is dedicated to the practice of memories, that returning to one’s self, that coming back, even on that which we cannot remember, that is to say, the starting point, our birth; that same beginning wh... see more

beatran hinterholz,sandra regina richter

The essay addresses a writing experience constituted during a research project inspired by the relationship between education, childhood and Gaston Bachelard’s poetic imagination phenomenology. From the bachelardian suggestion of replacing in face of the ... see more

michael burroughs,luigina mortari

In this paper we discuss two research programs – MELARETE (Verona, Italy) and Philosophical Ethics in Early Childhood (PEECh) (State College, Pennsylvania, USA) – and an emerging international research collaboration based on the benefits of practicing phi... see more

arie kizel

The attempt to define meaning arouses numerous questions, such as whether life can be meaningful without actions devoted to a central purpose or whether the latter guarantee a meaningful life. Communities of inquiry are relevant in this context because th... see more

colectivo filosofar con chicxs

This paper is motorized by the following question: Why, although there have been many changes on curricular policies and didactic designs during the last years, do we continue feeling that the school is still trapped in the reproduction of the same? May o... see more

noa l ayalon

Plato’s Phaedrus is a famously intriguing dialogue. It employs a wide range of writing styles, such as myth, dialectic discussion, rehearsed and spontaneous speeches, and lines of verse. It makes a sharp transition from speech-making and storytelling, whi... see more

elena theodoropoulou,sofia nikolidaki

This paper aims at introducing the idea of Emerging Philosophizing (EmPhil) as a way of naming, describing, developing and further understanding the process of having philosophical moments occurring instantly and coming directly from children in the class... see more

pedro angelo pagni

The disabled has been the subject of exclusion in the school environment. Historically, the arguments used for this would be that escape to disciplinary purposes and school, to be classified as abnormal, should be aimed at another government institution w... see more