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Questions: Philosophy for Young People

Rory E. Kraft, Jr. and Alison C. Reiheld, Editors

Questions is a unique forum for the philosophical questions - and answers - of young people and their teachers. Each topical issue contains philosophical discussions, drawings, philosophical writing by students, and articles offering advice and ideas for teachers and parents interested in facilitating philosophical discussions with young people. The journal is available in both print and electronic formats, and complimentary electronic versions of the first two issues can be downloaded in PDF format from this site. The first issue (Spring 2001) explored children's rights with teachers, students, and philosophers from the U.S., Brazil, and Israel. The second issue (Spring 2002) explored human rights with students in elementary, middle, and high schools, and included transcripts of K-12 discussions about human rights perspectives. Print copies of all but the first issues are available from the Philosophy Documentation Center.

Questions: Philosophy for Young People is sponsored by the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy, the Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children, and the Philosophy Documentation Center. The editorial board for Questions includes Christina Bellon, Betsy Newell Decyk, Lori Fells, Sara Goering, Ashraya Gupta, Rosalind Ladd, Jana Mohr Lone, Michael Pritchard, David Shapiro, Hugh Taft-Morales, and Wendy Turgeon. If you would like to get involved with Questions please contact the editors at QuestionsJournal@gmail.com.

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Issue 7 - 2007

  1. The High School Philosophy Seminar
  2. Philosophy as a Threat to Government
  3. Coping Without Free Will
  4. Kids Philosophy Slam
  5. Announcement, Kids Philosophy Slam Competition
  6. Finalists, 2007 Kids Philosophy Slam, High School
  7. Use of Philosophy in Children’s Literature
  8. Does Virtue Require an Audience?
  9. Acting Out
  10. Book Reviews
  11. Philosophy Files
  12. Humphrey Books
  13. About the Contributors

Issue 6 - 2006

  1. Monkeys Need Time: A Dialogue
  2. The Question Game
  3. Fire Dance
  4. Poetry and Access to Knowledge
  5. Obituary for Ken Knisely
  6. Kids Philosophy Slam
  7. Finalists, 2006 Kids Philosophy Slam, High School
  8. Announcement, Kids Philosophy Slam Competition
  9. Wouldn't All of Us Be Dimwitted if We Didn't Go to Class?
  10. Plato's Republic
  11. What Does Art Have to Do With Philosophy Anyway?
  12. Abby's Token

Issue 5 - 2005

  1. I, Robot: An Analysis of Love
  2. Philosophical Reflections and the Writing Process
  3. Sci Fi and Philosophy
  4. Kids Philosophy Slam
  5. Mining Literature for Meaning
  6. Finalists, 2005 Kids Philosophy Slam, High School
  7. High School Juniors, Philosophy, and a Confused Teacher
  8. PERSPECTIVES: Ethics in Everyday Life
  9. In Recognition: Gareth Matthews
  10. Ethical Views on Environmental Issues
  11. Questioning the Finite and the Infinite
  12. The Problem of AI

Issue 4 - 2004

  1. What is Art?
  2. The Nature of God
  3. Kids Philosophy Slam
  4. The Never Dying Soul
  5. Personal Identity and the Problem of Cool
  6. PERSPECTIVES: Teaching College Students to Teach Elementary School Philosophy
  7. What Really Really Happened?
  8. What is Love?
  9. Flumens Aequoreus
  10. Love and Rain
  11. Kafka's "Before the Law"

Issue 3 - 2003

  1. The Meaning of Life
  2. What Does it Mean to Care About Someone?
  3. Methow Valley Elementary School Questions
  4. PERSPECTIVES: Inside the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
  5. Poems on Ethics; Deontological Dilemma?
  6. Activity: Playdough and Personality
  7. Education, Virtue, and the Child
  8. The Goals Game
  9. Philosophy of Body: Children's Perceptions
  10. How the Mind and the Brain Work with the Body
  11. What is the Self?

Issue 2 - 2002

  1. Introduction - Human Rights
  2. Voices, Rights, and Reason
  3. Humiliated Elephants
  4. Methow Valley Elementary School Bill of Human Rights
  5. Whitman Middle School Declaration of Human Rights
  6. Teaching Plato’s Cave
  7. Resources and Ideas for Discussions about Children’s Rights
  8. Essay on Superiority
  9. Philosophy in the Schools Project
  10. Maya’s Philosophy
  11. PERSPECTIVES: The Center for the Advancement of Philosophy in Schools
  12. Announcements

but1Issue 1 - 2001

  1. Welcome to Questions
  2. Doing Philosophy with Young Students
  3. A Conversation with Children: Children’s Rights in School and at Home
  4. Grownups and Children
  5. Philosophy, Childhood, and Subjectivity
  6. Smithtown Middle School Great Book Discussion Group
  7. On Children’s Rights and Patience
  8. What Do Rights Look Like?
  9. High School Essays on Families
  10. Resources and Ideas for Discussions about Children’s Rights
  11. Editors and Facilitators

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