The Philosophy Foundation
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The Philosophy Foundation

Thoughtings- Puzzles, Problems and Paradoxes in Poetry to Think With

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Philosophy Foundation

Thoughtings- Puzzles, Problems and Paradoxes in Poetry to Think With

About this book

The name 'Thoughtings' was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word 'think' said 'It's when you're thoughting'. Children love pondering big philosophical questions like 'Does the universe end?', 'Where is my mind?' and 'Can something be true and false at the same time?'. These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind and feed it further. These are not poems or, at least, not in the traditional sense of the word... They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry. Here's to the joy of puzzlement!

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Word Wonders

A Long Word

Philosophy’s a long word
Not everyone can say it
Lisophophy? Physolophy?
Silly-oso-billy-olo-soppy-if-a-loff-a-lee?
That’s what it sounds like to me.
They could make it shorter
Cut off a quarter
Then it would be Philoso
Or Losophy.
Or if instead you kept the quarter
And threw away the rest
That might be best.
Then you could call it Phil
Or Phy.
Perhaps I will.
It’s easier for me.
Questions for ‘A Long Word’:
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Philosophy comes from a Greek word. How did they say/pronounce it? (The Greek word is φιλοσοφια [pronounced: fi-lo-so-fee-ya]. If they pronounce it differently from us, is it the same word?)
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Why do we use long words?
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We sometimes make long words shorter so that they are easier to say (e.g. maths, phone, telly, DVD = digital versatile/video disk). Is it OK to do that?
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Should someone say a word in a way that is easier for them (like in the poem) or the same way as everyone else?
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Can you say philosophy?
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Can you say Silly-oso-billy-olo-soppy-if-a-loff-a-lee? Can you say it quickly?
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What do you think the word Silly-oso-billy-olo-soppy-if-a-loff-a-lee means? Can it mean anything?
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Philosophy means ‘love of wisdom’ in Greek. What do you think ‘love of wisdom’ means?
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Where do words come from?
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What is a word?

Nosense

Nobody knows
That I have no nose
How many more ‘no’s
Will it take
To prove that my nose
Knows nothing i...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword, or Forward? Or Backward? Or in both directions at the same time?
  6. A Thoughtroduction
  7. Epigraph
  8. Introduction
  9. Minds and Brains
  10. Word Wonders
  11. Poems To Do
  12. Number Wonders
  13. Puzzles and Paradoxes
  14. You, Me, Aliens and Others
  15. Space, Time and Other Weird Things
  16. How Do You Know That?
  17. Love, Goodness and Happiness
  18. School Rules
  19. Are You Free?
  20. Outroduction
  21. Appendix I: How To Use a Thoughting
  22. Appendix II: Sample Lesson Plan
  23. Copyright