Original scientific paper
Dialogue in Philosophy with Children and the Development of Philosophy for Children
Marjan Šimenc
; Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The Philosophy for Children project was innovative insofar as it established a new link between children, school and philosophy which was previously unthinkable. The characteristic emphasis of Philosophy for Children is on dialogue and on a conception of thinking based on a belief in human fallibility. The question, however, is whether or not the Philosophy for Children movement is itself dialogical and self-corrective. This article tries to show that Philosophy for Children as a movement has formed an open dialogical space in which the discussion of new philosophical orientations can take place. However, the Lipman curriculum for Philosophy for Children is not included in the dialogue; as a consequence this curriculum is losing its relevance within philosophical inquiry and it risks becoming solely a historical document.
Keywords
philosophy for children; philosophy with children; community of inquiry; dialogue; limits of dialogue
Hrčak ID:
103677
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Publication date:
10.4.2013.
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