Filozof Çocuk

by Jana Mohr Lone

“Felsefe hakkında düşünürken hem korkuyor hem de heyecanlanıyorum. Bu yüzden düşünmekten kendimi alamıyorum.”

- Tiffany, 10

Çocuklar dünyaya sorularla gelir. Birçok ebeveyn, felsefi fikirleri çocuklarıyla tartışmak arzusundadır ancak bunu nasıl yapacaklarını bilemezler. “Filozof Çocuk” ebeveynlerin terlediği felsefi sorulara nazikçe yaklaşmanın yollarını öğretiyor. Hiçbir şeyi bilmediğimizde her şeyi bilmiş olur muyuz? Peki, hiçbir şey aslında hiçbir şey midir? Mesela, karanlığı nasıl tanımlardık? Bir düşünelim: Bir odadayız ve ışıklar kapalı, hiçbir şey görmüyoruz. Acaba gerçekten hiçbir şey görmüyor muyuz, yoksa hiçbir şey de bir şey midir? Biraz da rüyalardan bahsedelim:

Nedir gece yattığımızda çoğu zaman görüp ‘rüya' diye adlandırdığımız şey? Uyuduğumuzda mı rüya görürüz yoksa rüya görmek için mi uyuruz? En can alıcı soru da şu: Ya yaşadığımız bu hayat bir rüya ise?

Jana Mohr Lone, çocukların duygusal olarak olgunlaşmaları için soyut düşünme becerilerini geliştirmeleri gerektiğini savunuyor. Bu kitap, bu alandaki önemli bir eksiği gidermektedir. “Filozof Çocuk” çocuklarla felsefe yapmanın mümkün olduğunu ve bunun ne kadar eğlendirici ve bilgi açısından doyurucu olduğunu anlatıyor. Eğer çocuğunuzun özgürce düşünebilmesini istiyorsanız, bu eğlenceli ve bakış açınızı geliştirecek kitabı mutlaka okumalısınız. Çünkü hepimiz düşünebildiğimiz kadar varız.

Genres: Philosophy, Parenting, Nonfiction, Education, Psychology

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Jana Mohr Lone is director of the Center for Philosophy for Children, an academic research center dedicated to research and practice in philosophy for children and philosophy of childhood, and Affiliate Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. She has been teaching philosophy to students from preschool to graduate school for 25 years. She is the author of the books Seen and Not Heard (2021) and The Philosophical Child (2012); co-author of the textbook Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools (2016); co-editor of Philosophy and Education: Introducing Philosophy to Young People (2012); and she has written numerous articles about children’s philosophical thinking. She is the founding president of PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People.

Reviews

[Fabi · Rating 5 out of 5]

خوب گویا من اولین ریوی فارسی این کتابو دارم میذارم🤗
کتاب بسیار خووندنیه،ترجمه ی روون و شیوایی داره، و روی مطالب خیلی خوبی دست گذاشته.
اینکه بچه ها کلی سوال دارن درباره ی همه چی، و این پرسش ها اکثرا فلسفه ورزی هاییه که از طرف والدین و معلمان جدی گرفته نمیشن.
اینکه والدین و معلمان، به جای تمرکز روی پاسخهایی که قراره بدن، روی پرسش ها متمرکز بشن و به کودک کمک کنن که به جواب برسه(یا حتی نرسه)، مهم تقویت پرسش‌گریه.
و اینکه نویسنده مثال‌هایی عینی میزنه از تجربیاتش با شاگردانش و فرزندانش

معرفی تصویری این کتابو میتونید تو صفحه ی کتاب دست دوم فروشی من در اینستاگرام ببینید🤗
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[Allison Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lone provides lots of lists of questions and resources for engaging in philosophical discussions with your children. A helpful read for changing our perspective from always answering our children's questions to slowing down and engaging in conversation and inquiry with them.

[Didem Gürpınar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kitap her ne kadar çocuklarla felsefe yapabilmek için ip uçları verse de, sorguladığı konular o kadar derin ki ben de okurken aynı soruları kendime sordum. Okurken çok keyif aldım ve bana farklı bir bakış açısı kazandırdığını düşüyorum. Standart felsefe kitaplarından çok farklı, kesinlikle tavsiye ederim.

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but it was still very interesting. To be fair, I am not sure what I was expecting, maybe more of an examination of how children engage philosophy. There is a little bit of that, but mostly the book is more of a ‘how-to’. The author suggests the kinds of questions that children might be interested and how to approach these questions. Especially useful is the discussion of books and movies that are helpful in raising these questions. (I was pleasantly surprised to see my Harry Potter and Philosophy book mentioned in a footnote.)

It is a quick and pleasant read and I think useful for parents that are interested in engaging their children in a philosophical manner. One doesn’t have to be a philosopher or familiar with the history of philosophy to (1) want to do this or (2) be able to do this. This book is an especially good guide for those less familiar. It is also good for those training in philosophy because it provides the context in which children approach philosophy.

The author discusses, also, the benefits of philosophically engaging children. The obvious benefits are the development of children’s abstract and critical thinking abilities. Also, since children are already thinking about the world, their place in it, and issues like death and morality, philosophical thinking can help them work through these issues on their own.

One of the major takeaways from the book is that children are not dumb; they are not empty intellectually. There are quite capable of engaging, at their own level and in their own ways, important philosophical questions. This meshes with my own experience working with middle-school aged kids and philosophy. These students were able to engage Plato’s Republic as well, (if not in some cases better) as my undergraduate students.

[Susan Gardner · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Would life be the same without death?” “Are friends on Face Book real friends?” “What does it mean to have inner beauty?” By showing us how to elicit and explore such questions, Jana Mohr Lone’s book, The Philosophical Child, shows us how to actually philosophize—how to use questions to energetically and courageously make progress toward finding answers that one, through reflection, comes to believe are the best, given the reasons and evidence available. And to the degree that we and our children are successful, we not only bond more securely, we give our children (and ourselves) the gift of continuously learning to become ever more wise. Thank you, Jana Mohr Lone, for writing this extraordinary book.
Dr. Susan T. Gardner. Professor of Philosophy, Capilano University, North Vancouver.

[Sumeyye Pa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harika.. Hatta giriş seviyesinde düşünce ve yazım dersleri için de öneririm. Muhatap kitle yalnızca çocuklar olarak düşünülmek zorunda değil kanımca.

[Funda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kitap ne kadar iyi ve ufuk açıcıysa çevirisi ve baskısı da o kadar kötü, yanlış ve özensiz. Bu kitabın Türkçesini alıp okumayı kimseye önermiyorum, mümkünse İngilizcesini okuyun, İngilizceniz iyi değilse elinizie bir sözlük alıp öyle okuyun, eminim yetersiz sandığınız İngilizceniz bile bu kitapta kullanıldığı iddia edilen Türkçeden daha iyidir.

That's a great book but unfortunately the Turkish translation is awful, it's impossible to read and understand it without comparing it with the original, sentence by sentence.

[Özgür Macit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading books about child development after my older son was born. This one was one of the books that I enjoyed the most.
The book provides us with insights on children's philosophical world. In addition to that I also enjoyed the insights this book gave me even as an adult.
I especially liked the parts with philosophical deep dives of the children's books and also the questions children asked and the comments that they made.

[Laleh · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتاب فوق العاده است از زبان مادر خانواده بیان میشه که در تربیت فرزندانش و مراجعینش چه نکاتی رو رعایت کرده و باید رعایت بشه تا کودک حس کنجکاوی و فلسفیش حفظ بشه
در انتهای کتاب لیستی از کتابهایی رو آورده که زمینه ی فلسفی دارند هم برای خردسالان هم کودکان هم نوجوانان هم بزرگسالان.
مترجم هم کتابها رو بررسی کرده و اگر توسط نشری ترجمه و چاپ شده اند ذکر کرده

[Aylin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Çocuklarla felsefe ile ilgilenmeye yeni başlayan öğretmenler ve aileler için çok güzel bir giriş kitabı. Felsefi bağlamlara sahip birçok çocuk kitabı hem akış içinde hem de kitap sonunda liste halinde yer alıyor, çok güzel düşünülmüş.

[ATeFe · Rating 4 out of 5]

کاش زودتر می‌خوندم این کتابو

[Müge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book, terrible Turkish translation.

[Zahra · Rating 3 out of 5]

فکر میکنم کتاب به جای مطرح کردن بنیان های فلسفه برای کودکان ، به راه هایی برای به فکر روی آوردن کودکان و پرورش خلاقیت آنها توجه کرده . نه چیزی بیشتر .

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rowman and Littlefield could have done more to present this book, or maybe even someone other than Rowman and Littlefield. Fit and finish was way off. Margins were terrible, especially near the Headers. Editing could have increased accessibility; I think chapter one was really an introduction, chapter two would have been so much better as sidebars throughout (so much better!), and the last chapter adjusted to really be a conclusion.

From a content perspective, I really do think this subject is valuable. And I gained a lot. I think adding her 20 philosophers questions and an outline of the basic areas of philosophy would have been a good idea in such an introductory book. I think she gives short shrift to religion and how is either supports or confuses these things; same for science, as in new studies of cognition or the expanding universe. A child may ask these questions and while philosophy may answer, science is perhaps where I lean first.

Still, we asked the ethics question at dinner last night, what to do at the long awaited and far away carnival when the father has no wallet. He has only money enough to either get in with his child and walk around to see the exhibits, but not enough for rides or treats or games. Or lie and say the child is younger and gets a lower entrance fee. Which would you do? It was fun.

[Polly Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Philosophical Child is a beautifully written work that has helped me listen to and converse with my five year old daughter about some of life's big questions in a deeper and more thoughtful way. After reading Jana Mohr Lone's book I felt better prepared to explore with my daughter her recent complex questions such as " What is Heaven?", "Why do we get afraid?", and "Was that dream real?" I particularly appreciated the many examples of how to use children's books to stimulate philosophical discussions with my child. (The resources in the back of the book are terrific!) As someone who came to study and appreciate philosophy as an adult, this is a wonderful introduction to the subject and a fantastic tool for parents who want to encourage their children to ask important questions and foster their independent thinking.

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was straight forward (as far as philosophy can be). We already practice quite a bit of philosophical discussion in our house. Much of the book was a reiteration of what we already do. I still enjoyed it and it gave me some extra insight to consider.