654006 No.5913
I want to introduce my 7 year old niece to philosophical thought while her mind is still malleable. She is very bright and extremely thoughtful for her age, and I want to cultivate her intellectual side and develop her critical thinking skills before public school turns her into another drooling drone.
How would I go about doing this?
Surely there are entry-level philosophical conundrums I could ease her into.
Please give suggestions.
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93f240 No.5917
Start with the Greeks.
Aesop has a lot of more philosophical fables.
Xeno's paradox and stuff like that works too.
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deabec No.5925
>>5913
It depends on the kid. Show her some paintings, ask what does she think about that. Maybe she likes surrealism (many kids do), maybe she will like expressionism (to draw based to reality, but add the way you see it on top). Start the conversation with drawing something together, follow what she is doing and explain things related to the drawing. Like what do different philosophers think about different styles.
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72b1d6 No.5936
>>5917
>Fables
Maybe if she was 4 or less.
>>5925
Christ himself no please don't, that sounds horrible.
OP I'm an underage user (15) if you wanna teach a child something then my best advice to you and any other adult is don't treat them like a child. Children, especially potentially smart ones are just smaller and stupider versions of adults but with the potential and capacity to learn as much as them.
I personally don't study philosophy since I find half of it bullshit, and the other half partially fun, but I do study history, political and art theory, and such. The only way to learn is to read and actually invest time into study as if you were a adult in college, studying for a doctorate back when they were worth something. If you want give her a summary about whatever philosophy you're learning then do so but then give her an actual book going into it. Also unrelated but just a heads up by 8th grade all kids hit a spot where everything goes to shit, if possible you gotta make sure she's ready and understands she needs to protect herself at all costs. Or don't, I've seen everyone else become corrupt at this age, what difference does it make for one more lemming to do so, oh well you can still save her but you gotta be stern and essentially take over the parenting figure from her own parents.
Anywho that's my take on it. Do whatever you want.
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4e4772 No.5974
>>5913
>public school turns her into another drooling drone.
its the parents that turn their kids into drooling drones by shitty parenting and relying on school to teach. ie lazy parents that say to their kids that you learn everything in school, and never teach them anything themself.
its lazy parents allowing the brainwashing, dont be lazy.
to answer the question though, just have her present while other people discuss philosophical thought, dont force it, children observe and learn very quickly.
>>5925
observation is key.
>>5917
not a bad idea. reading stories is good. logic puzzles are also good. the main point is to not ask too many abstract questions i think
>>5936
>The only way to learn is to read and actually invest time into study
the sort of 'sit down, shut up, and listen' attitude has been disproven as a good teaching method. The greeks knew how to teach.
i learned economics from my father when i was 12. his method was to give me the names of all the key concepts, and leave me to figure out what they meant by myself, with a few hints in the form of questions.
>underage user
its good that we dont get banned here :^)
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ea4b45 No.5975
>>5913
Get her into anime. I watched Serial Experiments Lain as a kid and look at me, I turned out fine.
The creator of Made in Abyss loves European fables and it shows, plus it really looks like a kids show but it goes deep into the rabbit hole.
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d2e9be No.5976
>>5936
>Children, especially potentially smart ones are just smaller and stupider versions of adults
I wouldn't even necessarily say that children are more or less intelligent (as in, capable of reasoning and understanding) than adults, they are simply less experienced and less knowledgeable. But I agree that you can generally treat children the same way you would treat someone your own age.
Also don't you have to go to school :^)
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72b1d6 No.5982
>>5974
>Sit down shut up method
You don't shut up, you work and learn at the same time.
>I vaguely learned economics
Have you sold out your stocks yet and cashed out on the market and bitcoin yet.
What production do you manage
How much do you make yearly
>>5976
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f45849 No.5986
Riddles and logic games seem like a great way to begin teaching philosophy -- may I suggest Lewis Carroll's "symbolic logic"[0]? The text itself is a little dense but it can provide context to the puzzles themselves [1] that can be easily found around the net.
And Martin Gardner's puzzles have withstood the test of time. Being young she ought to be great at thinking outside of the box, and being able to solve riddles or puzzles helps set up a feedback loop that rewards critical thinking. There's also collections of logic puzzles intended for children [2].
If you think about it -- murder mysteries can be great teaching tools for deductive logic!
Sophie's World[3] is a children's novel that's also a gentle introduction to many schools of thought. Maybe give that a look.
[0] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28696/28696-h/28696-h.htm
[1] http://www.math.hawaii.edu/~hile/math100/logice.htm
[2] http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Printable_Logic_Puzzles_for_Kids
[3] http://people.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/Sophie's%20World%201-184.pdf
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bb18bf No.6015
>>5986
>tripfag
Kill yourself.
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3e8015 No.6024
>>5917
Oh man I loved Aesop's Fables as a kid. Good choice.
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78d1ec No.6070
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d838fb No.6121
Make her watch Rick and Morty
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65fc71 No.6263
Completely agree with your assessment of government schools OP, kudos for your future efforts here..
You might try the Tuttle twins https://tomwoods.com/ep-1054-salon-outraged-kids-learning-about-ayn-rand/, or the "kids" books on Taoism (Tao of Pooh for example) by benjamin hoff.
Otherwise, I would suggest Socratic dialogue, effectively asking basic questions to try to get to the root of the matter, which should help show here some of the obvious flaws in cultural marxism & whatnot..
Good luck.
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1e7a98 No.6368
>>5917
You can begin to teach them critical thinking and other vital learning skills like how to assess the trustworthiness of a source of information almost as soon as they can talk.
The sooner a child learns how to learn efficiently the better off they will be for the rest of their life.
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670510 No.6371
Don't. It doesn't work that way.
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aafcfd No.6376
>>6368
Tbh it'll be really primitive level of critical thinking but even that is better than nothing, and better than what our theist parents gave us.
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