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Philosophy For Kids: What Is Thinking? The Ontological Difference.
Did you know one of the most important words in philosophy is “AS?” Let’s think why … One of the great discoveries of Greek Philosophy was discovering thinking means combining. So, when I think, I combine, which we call a “judgment,” we think something “as” something, which is to say something “as” something else: The…
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Philosophy For Kids: What Is The Experience Of Space?
Isn’t the experience of space just seeing a large container? Philosopher Kant said no, and that there is wonder when we look up at the starry skies at night. Why? Think about it! We know that the stars we see are just randomly scattered lights in the sky. But, do we see randomness when we…
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Philosophy For Kids: What Is Nature?
When we say the word “nature,” sometimes we mean it in the sense of “It’s not in his nature to sit around watching tv,” but we also mean “nature” like streams and trees etc. Given this, what is “nature?” What does philosopher Heraclitus mean when he says “physis kryptesthai philei”= “nature loves to hide” ?
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Did Jesus Exist? Hermeneutics For Middle School Kids
A long time ago in Germany, which was always an important place for ideas, the thinkers made a distinction between the natural sciences and the human sciences. The natural sciences were thought to produce the most exact knowledge (like physics), while the human sciences like the study of literature were more about interpretation. Since then…
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Philosophy For Kids: Cause and Effect (Part 2 of 2: The Middle)
So, last time I was talking about how causality ( eg. The irreversibility of the cooked egg) is not simply the mind, nor the world, but a MIDDLE between the two. Let’s think about this middle. In the history of philosophy, especially with philosophers Brentano and Husserl, we have the idea that the basic truth…
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Philosophy For Kids: Cause and Effect
One of the important topics for Philosophy is cause and effect. For instance, if we heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, this will cause the water to boil. Philosopher Immanuel Kant pointed out the mind plays a trick here. As a middle “something” between the mind and the boiling water, we experience the cause and…
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Philosophy For Kids: What Is Truth?
We know philosophers quest for truth, but what is truth? There are many different ways for something to be true. Here are the most popular Truth: (1) Genuine Genuine or true gold, instead of false gold(2) CorrectThe agreement of the judgement with the thing. Eg the table is brown or 2+3 =5(3) CertainFrom Thomas to…
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Philosophy for Kids: What is Reason?
The philosopher Immanuel Kant said we have a part of our mind, REASON, that deals with rules. For example, to fully and properly encounter/experience a triangle, my mind needs to be able to apply a rule to the thing I see or think to experience it as a triangle. So, if I can apply the…
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Philosophy For Kids: What Is Metaphysics?
What is Metaphysics? Oxford Languages defines it this way: This definition and those like it are both common and incorrect. The initial conditions of the universe would be physics, not metaphysics, which as the word suggests is what makes physics possible: The famous philosopher Immanuel Kant thought about metaphysics in this way, and for instance…
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Make The Secular Choice: Money and Music
(1) Do you pick the American 100 dollar bill, or the Canadian 100 dollar bill? (2) Can you spot the key difference between the American National Anthem and the Canadian National Anthem? (A) The Star Spangled Banner Lyricsby Francis Scott Key (1814) Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we…