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001 2005022507
003 DLC
005 20060930081417.0
008 050802s2005 txua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005022507
020 $a1593630085 (pbk.)
020 $a9781593630089
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm61247173
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050 00 $aB52$b.W45 2005
082 00 $a107/.1/2$220
100 1 $aWhite, David A.,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe examined life :$badvanced philosophy for kids /$cDavid A. White.
260 $aWaco, Tex. :$bPrufrock Press Inc.,$cc2005.
300 $ax, 183 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe genesis and scope of this book -- Suggestions for using this book -- Introduction : young students and the adventure of philosophy -- Reasons to study philosophy -- Elements of philosophy -- Primary source philosophy -- The readings-principles of selection and organization -- Some ideas on presenting or teaching philosophy -- "Who are my friends?", friendship (Aristotle) -- "Where has the time gone?", time (Augustine) -- "Do we really know what we think we know?", knowledge (Plato) -- Younger students and the existence of God, existence of God (Aquinas) -- The sound of a tree falling in the forest, perception (Berkeley) -- "I don't want to do what the class wants to do!", freedom and society (Rousseau) -- Freedom and responsibility : existentialism and young students, choice (Jean-Paul Sartre) -- On social justice in a violent world, social justice and nonviolence (Martin Luther King) -- Feminism and social justice, feminism (Bell Hooks) -- Technology : servant or destroyer?, technology (Martin Heidegger) -- Critical thinking and artistic creation, activity-drama -- The oldest cave art : on giftedness and excellence, activity-drawing -- The philosophy of French funetics : an essay in applied gifted intelligence, activity-language acquisition -- "The bohemian life" : opera and gifted education, activity-music -- Gifted education : the event--and advent--of theory -- "Edutainment" : gifted education and the perils of misusing multiple intelligences -- Philosophy and theory in the study of gifted students -- Epilogue : philosophical visions and the challenge of education.
650 0 $aPhilosophy$xStudy and teaching (Middle school)
650 0 $aGifted children$xEducation.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022507.html