给孩子的四十问

很好的一本孩子教育书，推荐记录如下。

 

Philosophy for Kids

40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder... About everthing...

by David A. White

 

Part 1 Values

1. Are you a fair and just person?

2.How do you know who your friends are?

3.Should you be rewarded for you efforts in school?

4. Should you let little things bother you?

5.Is it your duty to give to charity?

6.Will having fun make you happier than studying?

7.Should you ever tell a lie?

8. Are there times when you should be violent?

9. Do you sometimes feel weird when you are with others?

10 Do we control technology or does technology control us?

 

Pat 2 Knowledge

11. How do you know for certain that things move?

12. What makes something you say true?

13. Can you doubt that you exist?

14. Does  tree make a sound if it falls in a forest with no one around?

15. Are you certain that the law of gravity is really a law?

16. How can you tell when you know something?

17. Can another person understand your feelings?

18. Can you lie to yourself?

19. Do you perceive things as they are or only as they seem to be?

20. Can computers think?

 

Part 3 Reality

21. Can you think about nothing at all?

22. Does anything ever happen by chance?

23. What happens to numbers when you are not using them?

24. Are numbers and people equally real?

25. Is time what you see when you look at a clock?

26. If the universe came from the Big Bang, where did the Big Bang come from?

27. Are you the same person you are five years ago?

28. Do you have a free will?

29. Does anything depend on everything?

30. Are impossible things ever possible?

 

Part 4 Critical Thinking

31. Is it important to speak and write so you can be understood?

32. Should you always listen to opinions of others?

33. Should you criticize people of the opinions that people have?

34. Why is because such an important word?

35. Is it always easy to tell what causes things to happen?

36. If many people think something is true, is it true?

37. Do two wrongs balance out and make an action right?

38. "I am lying." True or False?

39. Can something logical ever not make sense?

40. "I wonder..." what it means to define something?