Introduction
Philosophy with children (PWC) as well as philosophy for children (P4C) as practices of philosophical thinking of children are essentially connected to the American philosopher Matthew Lipman. Lipman designed the community of inquiry (COI) as a form of philosophizing for children, created plenty of resources for classroom work, and developed the philosophical foundation of the programme. On a practical level, he founded the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University where teachers are educated and where philosophers get acquainted with the P4C programme and the Thinking journal as a source of reflection on the practice. P4C eventually spilled over the border of the country: it is present in 50 countries, and Lipman’s resources have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Lipman did not coordinate the project on his own; he was helped by his...
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Šimenc, M. (2017). Philosophy with Children. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_160
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