Felsefeyle Çocuk Çocukla Felsefe

Abstract

Childhood is one of human life experience’s phase. At this phase, the individual is more innocent, pure and more sympathetic. Human’s curiosity at this moment, allows him to ask different questions. There may be sometimes similarities between these and the questions of philosophy/ philosopher. However, there are differences between the questions of the philosopher and the child. One of the main differences of the questions is the difference of consciousness. Despite this, the ability of children asking questions can be converted to be continuous and conscious by thinking training. After a certain age, a person cannot ask childhood questions. With philosophy, however, it is possible to turn these questions into a critical thinking skill. In this paper, the relationship between child and philosophy and the possibility and continuity of this relationship with the thinking training are emphasized.