Ages 8 -10
4-5pm on Saturdays
Session 1: What is thinking?
- Is it possible to think of nothing?
- Can computers think?
- Why are we thinking?
Thinking is essential, and in Philosophy, we are going to train our brain to think.
Session 2: How do I know that something is true?
- Is what we see always what it is ?
- Can someone else see something different?
- What is the difference between a lie and a mistake?
- What is the difference between a truth and a belief?
- What is true for you, is it true for everyone?
Session 3: Sometimes it's not fair, why?
- How can we be fair?
- Is it possible to really be fair?
- Is being equal and being fair the same thing?
Session 4: Does the hole in a doughnut exist?
- How do you know that something exist?
- Is nothing something?
- What does means ?
- When does nothing become something?
Session 5: What is happiness?
- What does it mean to be happy?
- What do we have to have to be happy?
- Do you have to be smiling to be happy?
- What can prevent you from being happy?
- Can we decide to be happy?
- Can you make someone else happy?
Session 6: What if I could do whatever I want?
- The Ring of Gyges. What would you do with a ring of invisibility?
- If no one knows it’s you, should you do whatever you like?
- Or if you can’t get caught, then would it be okay to do naughty things?
- Why are there rules?
Session 7: Can two people disagree and both be right?
- Some philosophers think that it is possible to have a statement which is both
true and false or that is in-between true and false. Why do you think they might think that?
- Do we always have to agree?
- Are there times we have to agree?
Session 7: Can two people disagree and both be right?
- Some philosophers think that it is possible to have a statement which is both
true and false or that is in-between true and false. Why do you think they might think that?
- Do we always have to agree?
- Are there times we have to agree?
Session 8: What is a friend?
- What is a friend for ?
- Can you be a friend to someone you do not like?
- How do you make friends?
