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Via MediaWhy Teaching Philosophy to Children Matters w/Jana Mohr LoneMany believe that philosophy is a niche activity of adult intellectuals. This view perpetuates a misconception, that children are incapable of deep and profound thinking about the world. The reality is that children naturally “do” philosophy all the time. They ask questions, wrestle with moral decisions, wonder about the nature of the universe, challenge authority, and even seek to understand suffering and death. If our society could foster this innate curiosity and a child’s willingness to wrestle with life’s biggest and most important questions we could transform our world in profound ways because philosophical inquiry opens our minds, n...2023-10-1151 min