https://plato-philosophy.org/developing-a-philosophical-self/ Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://plato-philosophy.org/developing-a-philosophical-self/#comment-12328 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:35:38 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/developing-a-philosophical-self/#comment-12328 I have discovered your blog by way of reading Abby Goodnough's recent New York Times article, "The Examined Life, Age 8" — her article mentions the University of Washington as having an outreach program. Your post lucidly and beautifully makes the case for "helping children to think more clearly about questions they are already thinking about." I have been an early childhood educator for almost 30 years, and can testify that philosophical questioning does begin around ages 4.5-5 years. I look forward to reading the book you are now writing, as well as to continuing to read your blog. –Mike Kasprzak

]]> https://plato-philosophy.org/developing-a-philosophical-self/#comment-12329 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:23:23 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/developing-a-philosophical-self/#comment-12329 Here is an idea: it isn't that the philosophical self is just silenced at around 5, it is that at that point the child often runs into a wall when it comes to answers to these question (from their parents possibly), and they start gathering bits and pieces from other sources.

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