فلسفه براي كودكان؛ گامي به‌سوي پيوند فلسفه با جامعه

Philosophy for Children: A Step Toward Strengthening the Bond Between Philosophy and Society

انسان تنها موجودي است كه داعيه انديشه و انديشمندي دارد و به‌مدد همين امكان، فرصت آموزش و يادگيري در بعد فردي و اجتماعي برايش فراهم مي‌شود. يكي از عرصه‌هايي كه به‌طور جدي در اعتلاي تفكر انساني موثر واقع ‌گشته، فلسفه و تفكر فلسفي است؛ زيرا فلسفه، دانشِ پرسش است و پرسشِ‌گر حيات عقلاني بشر. اگرچه حضور فلسفه در زندگي انسان، چيز تازه‌اي نيست، اما آن‌چه امروزه اهميت ويژه‌اي يافته و به‌عنوان يك امكان جديد در آغاز راه است؛ تلاش براي همگاني‌ساختن فلسفه و به‌ويژه آموزش آن به كودكان است؛ آموزشي كه كاركردهاي موثر آن از همان ابتدا متوجه زندگي شخصي كودك و در مراحل بعدي منجر به بهره‌مندشدن هرچه بيش‌تر او از فرصت‌هاي مادي و معنوي در زندگي مي‌شود و درمجموع ارتقاي سطح فرهنگ جامعه را به‌دنبال خواهد داشت. در همين راستا، نگارنده در اين مقاله به‌دنبال بررسي دو بستر اساسي پيوند تفكر فلسفي با جامعه و نيز آموزش فلسفه به كودكان است تا كارايي فلسفه در حل مسايل اجتماعي بيش از پيش آشكار شود.

Human-beings are the only creatures that lay claim to thought and getting involved in thinking. Thanks to this potentiality they are bestowed with opportunities to learn as both individual and members of society. One of the domains that has undoubtedly proved its merit in the promotion of human thinking concerns philosophy and philosophical thinking, as philosophy is the art of questioning and questioning is the mainstay of human rationality. Although the presence of philosophy in human existence is nothing new, what has nowadays gained significance, though as a new potentiality is at its very early stage, is an endeavor toward the dissemination of philosophy, especially in teaching it to children; a teaching whose significant outcomes impress the personal life of the child from the very beginning and, at later stages, will all the more be a source of his/her material and spiritual enjoyments. In general, this will eventually culminate in the promotion of the cultural level of the society. In this connection, the writer of this article is trying to explore two main perspectives: the bond and relationship of philosophy with society, and the teaching of philosophy to children. This, I hope, will cast into relief the efficacy of philosophy in solving social problems