The Philosophy Foundation
4 May at 21:03 · Bertrand Russell and the case for 'Philosophy for Everyone'

Pedagogy, an argumentation instrument for philosophy for children, should be introduced in year 4 when the children have gained skills in writing arguments on all ideas.  School curricula need to be organised in providing education to meet this requirement.

Philosophy is a subject that complements English, not is only there for children.  Children would like to have the substance of English to think about Philosophy in terms of, they are used to the developed thoughts of English.

Hegel’s Phenomenology Spirit is a bildungsroman (a novel of formation), like Antigone.  An English author should write about English’s interpretation of philosophical points.

Examples

Pedagogy, about spiritually helping students earn A-grade essays that are tokens of professionalism - corresponds to John Blair, a novel about finding a city beneath the Earth, because of discovering the Noumenon.
Meditation, about the perfect spiritual system that solves all problems, corresponds to Etienne, a novel about bullying and formation in a French primary school, because of being critical of the societal status quo.
Computational English, about an essay interpretation system, corresponds to Autocalypse, about the journey from the Earth to Moon, because of the need to collect ideas to form a solution.
Medicine, about necessary solutions to the author’s problems, corresponds to End of the Universe, about the fictional peaceful end of the Universe, in this case, because of the polarity of living and dying.
Economics, about an imagined information economy corresponds to Red Indians, about the traditional upbringing of a Native American child, because of writing and art as currency.

‪The Philosophy Foundation Not all children in Y4 have gained writing in argument skills, and we would argue that working with children younger than Year 4 will help aid their development. Children need to have a grasp of why and because, and a certain level of language and then they can start doing philosophy. We see this happening in a 'pre' philosophical sense from the age of 3 or 4 (they are able to give basic reasons and can talk with each other around ideas). Getting used to philosophising early can really benefit philosophical progress later on - as you might imagine.