{"id":13602,"date":"2009-06-08T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/the-little-book-of-thunks\/"},"modified":"2009-06-08T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T15:16:00","slug":"the-little-book-of-thunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-little-book-of-thunks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Book of Thunks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_I-bvyBpij2c\/Si0r-KO1DHI\/AAAAAAAAAPE\/i3O3CX2ChD4\/s1600-h\/9781845900625.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344976679657081970\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_I-bvyBpij2c\/Si0r-KO1DHI\/AAAAAAAAAPE\/i3O3CX2ChD4\/s400\/9781845900625.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#000066;\">Thunk: &#8220;a beguiling simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light.&#8221;<br \/><\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Little-Book-Thunks-Questions-Independent\/dp\/1845900626\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261168551&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>The Little Book of Thunks<\/em> <\/a>is a wonderful resource for talking about philosophy in a classroom or with your own children. About the first quarter of the book discusses philosophy sessions with young people &#8212; how you can do them and why you should. The little book (and it is little, only 90-odd pages) then lists 260 thunks. For example:<\/p>\n<p>Can you have a friend you don&#8217;t like?<br \/>Which is more important, being right or being nice?<br \/>Does a sound exist?<br \/>If you could take a pill that meant you would never fail, would you?<br \/>Can you touch the wind?<br \/>If I acquire your memory who am I then?<br \/>When you comb your hair, is it art?<br \/>Can a fly see a skyscraper?<br \/>Can you have a third of love?<br \/>Why don&#8217;t dogs laugh? Is it because they don&#8217;t have a sense of humor? <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunk: &#8220;a beguiling simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light.&#8221;The Little Book of Thunks is a wonderful resource for talking about philosophy in a classroom or with your own children. 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