Philosophy for Kids
Offers young people (from 10 up) the opportunity to become acquainted with the wonders of philosophy. Forty question-arranged under Values, Knowledge, Reality, and Critical Thinking-invite kids to think about questions that philosophers have been discussing since the time of the ancient Greeks. Each question includes a fun activity that allows kids to increase their understanding of philosophical concepts and issues and enjoy themselves at the same time.
Additional Details
- ISBN
- 9781882664702
- Print Status
- In Print
- Questions
- 40
- Pages
- 211
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 9th
- Publisher
- Prufrock Press
- Copyright
- August 1, 2000
Questions
- 1 Are you a fair and just person
- 2 How do you know who your friends are
- 3 Should you be rewarded for your efforts in school
- 4 Should you let little things bother you
- 5 Is it your duty to give to charity
- 6 Will having fun make you happier than studing
- 7 Should you ever tell a lie
- 8 Are there times when you should be violent
- 9 Do you sometimes feel weird when you are with others
- 10 Do we control technology or does technology control us
- 11 How do you know for certain that things move
- 12 What makes something you say true
- 13 Can you doubt that you exist
- 14 Does a tree make a sound if it falls in a forest with no one around
- 15 Are you certain that the law of gravity is really a law
- 16 How can you tell when you know something
- 17 Can another person understand your feelings
- 18 Can you lie to yourself
- 19 Do you perceive things as they are or only as they seem to be
- 20 Can computers think
- 21 Can you think about nothing at all
- 22 Does anything ever happen by chance
- 23 What happens to numbers when you are not using them
- 24 Are numbers and people equally real
- 25 Is time what you see when you look at a clock
- 26 If the universe came from the Big Bang, where did the Big Bang come from
- 27 Are you the same person you were five years ago
- 28 Do you have a free will
- 29 Does anything depend on everything
- 30 Are impossible things ever possible
- 31 Is it important to speak and write so you can be understood
- 32 Should you always listen to the opinions of others
- 33 Should you criticize people or the opinions people have
- 34 Why is "because" such an important word
- 35 Is it always easy to tell what causes things to happen
- 36 If many people think something is true, is it true
- 37 Do two wrongs balance out and make an action right
- 38 "I am lying" True or false
- 39 Can something logical ever not make sense
- 40 "I wonder" what is means to define something
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