Philosophical Inquiry: An Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery

by Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, Frederick S. Oscanyan

This instructional manual includes hundreds of short, accessible explanations of the philosophical ideas and issues written into HARRY the novel, and as such is a valuable introduction to philosophy. Adults with no experience in academic philosophy will have no trouble using this manual to engage young people in philosophical dialogue. The manual provides discussion plans and exercises to help the students think for themselves about the philosophical ideas most relevant to their experience. The manual is also a primer in critical thinking and formal and informal logic, which are treated as helpful tools for inquiry. Students will find the logic meaningful as they are able to use these new tools to find answers to their own philosophical questions.

1 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1984