Children's book of philosophy
Book - 2024
"Learn to think big and tackle life's tricky questions in this easy-to-understand guide to philosophy. Learn all about the great thinkers who, from ancient times to the modern day, have tried to make sense of the world by asking questions such as 'Who am I?', 'Is the world real?', and 'Is it ever right to tell a lie?' Meet Socrates and Confucius, Kant and Sartre, and many others who have studied and pondered on the complexities of everyday life in this book for children aged 9+ that breaks down philosophy in an accessible and engaging way." --
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[New York, New York] :
DK Publishing
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Item Description
- Includes glossary index.
- Physical Description
- 144 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- ISBN
- 9780593841877
- Is the world real?
- What is the world made of?
- Why is there something rather than nothing?
- What is nothing?
- Socrates
- Is there a god?
- Plato
- How can we know what exists?
- Aristotle
- Is color in the mind or in the object?
- What is real?
- What makes something true?
- Can you trust your senses?
- Could you live in a virtual world?
- What am I?
- How do I know if I am real?
- René Descartes
- Who am "I"?
- The Flying Man
- Is my mind different from my body?
- Shoemaker's brain experiment
- How do we learn?
- John Locke
- How do I know what you're thinking?
- Siddhartha Gautama
- What is the "self"?
- The ship of Theseus
- Is there life after death?
- Thinking and feeling
- Can we think without language?
- Reasoning and arguments
- Do we think like computers?
- The Chinese room
- Are words like signs?
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- How do I know if I'm awake or dreaming?
- What is happiness?
- Why do people suffer?
- What is infinity?
- How do I decide what's right?
- Who says what's right or wrong?
- What am I here for?
- Should we judge actions by their outcomes?
- The trolley problem
- Immanuel Kant
- Should you ever tell a lie?
- Could I have chosen something different?
- Difficult choices
- Is it fair to treat everybody the same?
- Shouldn't men and women be equal?
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Why should we care about the environment?
- Are humans worth more than animals?
- Should we save the drowning child?
- Will there ever be world peace?
- Why do we need rules?
- Are people naturally good or bad?
- Confucius
- What's the best kind of society?
- The veil of ignorance
- Who makes the rules?
- How do we make laws fair?
- Community matters
- Whose life is it anyway?
- Is it right to censor things?
- Ask yourself…
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments