Collaborative Inquiry Research into Children's Philosophical Reasoning

Abstract

Introduction:  "Kids say the darndest things!" and "Aren't they cute!" are common responses when adults are amazed at things children say.  To respond in this way, however, is all too often not to take children seriously enough.  It is rather to see children to be imitating adults, to be acting "grown up" well before their time.  It is not surprising, therefore, that the very idea of children doing philosophy would be considered to be unlikely.