Modern philosophy contains six main branches.
Metaphysics: the nature of reality and the universe. Epistemology: the study of knowledge and how it is acquired. Logic: how to develop valid arguments; includes mathematical logic. Ethics: the study of right and wrong and how people should live. Politics: the study of government, citizen rights and political obligations. Aesthetics: beauty, art and artistic perception. Do you need to know these six branches of philosophy to be able to do philosophy for children? Absolutely not. Do you need to cover all branches of philosophy within the school year? Of course not. You don’t even need to know what branch of philosophy your questions fall into. Philosophy for children should be fun and focussed entirely on what YOU want to get out of it. If knowing the six main branches of modern philosophy helps you to focus yourself on what to ask then you can read more about each branch and some suggestions of EYFS appropriate questions please look in our blog archives. If not then feel free to forget it all and move on.
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AuthorMiss Magical Mess is a pre-school teacher and P4C Level 2B facilitator. After a shaky start as a P4C facilitator (P4C with 3 year olds... are you kidding?) Miss Magical Mess created her own approach to P4C and enquiry model and is now a big fan. Archives |