childhood & philosophy  

walter omar kohan,david kennedy

Childhood and philosophy is a journal which has been waiting to be born at least since Socrates sat down in the unique (at least for us) shelter of the 5th century bc polis and founded a discipline. The journal’s conception lies much, much later, in the f... see more

beatriz fabiana olarieta

By inquiring into the provocative proximity between the words of some children (as recorded in Pedro Bloch’s Dictionary of Child Humor) and the words of a poet (Pablo Neruda’s, in The Book of Questions), this essay explores childhood as a dimension of hum... see more

sarah diva silva ipiranga

Jáder de Carvalho has the child as a constant motif in his poetry. By means of the relation with the land of origin (the hinterland), the author's poetic production, activated by memory resources, tracks the paths of childhood mediated by experience and a... see more

marie-france daniel

According to a number of international organizations such as UNESCO, the development of critical thinking is fundamental in youth education. In general, critical thinking is recognized as thinking that doubts and evaluates principles and facts. We define ... see more

marta giménez-dasí,laura quintanilla,marie-france daniel

The relationship between emotion comprehension and social competence from very young ages has been addressed in numerous studies in the field of developmental psychology. Emotion knowledge in childhood seems to have its roots in the conversations and expl... see more

ana corina salas

For Michel Foucault, school is headed by disciplinary power. Through hierarchical surveillance, normalizing punishments and examinations, the power controlling technology of the nineteenth century is intended to create docile bodies in order to extract th... see more

marina santi,andrea dal bianco

When we think about activities for children we inevitably take playing into account. Playing is in fact one of the most spontaneous and familiar activities of childhood. But play for children is not just a pastime, or a way simply to “have fun.” Playing i... see more

eva marsal,takara dobashi

In this paper we first discuss the categorical classification of the philosophical concept “respect,” and then demonstrate how children (aged 6-14) in their dialogs and drawings work through problems associated with the conceptual field of “respect” in a ... see more

saeed naji

In these two long-distance interviews, Iranian Saeed Naji, founder of the Philosophy for Children (P4C) movement in Iran, questions two veteran practitioners of philosophy for children/community of philosophical inquiry (CPI). He raises issues related to ... see more

arianne hecker

At the city of El Bolson, Río Negro, Argentina, we are going through philosophical experiences with children and teenagers since 2007. During 2011, we were working in different levels with kindergarten, schools and colleges. Considering the demand to fin... see more