On Talking Philosophy with Children

Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 10:46-62 (1976)
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When our oldest daughter, Sarah, was four years old the family kitten, Fluffy, contracted fleas. There ensued a primitive ritual of flea extermination that touched off the following discussion:Sarah: ‘Daddy, how did Fluffy get fleas?’Me: ‘Oh, I suspect she was playing with a cat that already had fleas. The fleas on that cat jumped off on to Fluffy.’Sarah : ‘And how did that cat get fleas?’Me : ‘Oh, probably from another cat.’Sarah : ‘But, Daddy, it can't go on and on like that forever. The only thing that goes on and on like that forever is numbers.’

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Critical thinking: What, why, when and how.Laurance J. Splitter - 1991 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 23 (1):89–109.

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Mental Acts: Their Content And Their Objects.Peter Thomas Geach - 1957 - London, England: Humanities Press.
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