Matthew Lipman

Matthew Lipman ( born August 24, 1922 in Vineland, † December 26, 2010 in West Orange ) was an American professor of Logic and the founder of a philosophy for children.

Life

Lipman was a professor at the University of Columbia and had found during his teaching underdeveloped reasoning skills in his students. He mainly wanted to improve reasoning skills by teaching logic. The view that children at an early age have the ability to think abstractly, led him to the belief that the teaching of logic during the child-rearing would help to improve reasoning skills. In 1972 he left the University of Columbia, to the Montclair State College, the Institute for the teaching of philosophy at children ( IAPC ) to establish, where he began to teach philosophy in K -12 classrooms in Montclair.

Lipman's works are in the succession of the American philosopher, educator and psychologist John Dewey ( 1859-1952 ). One of Lipman's methods is to read the excerpt from a philosophical work to which the children ask questions. The head of the Round Table 's prior understanding and talking points. Then one of the questions is chosen to be answered in the common conversation now. Each child is free to express his opinion, is required to tolerate this also from the other children, with the logical argumentation and counter- argumentation plays an important role.

In 1972 he published the first of his books: Harry Stottlemeier 's discovery.

A primary objective for the teaching of philosophy is to encourage critical thinking. Lipman is defined in reference to his philosophy for children as thinking that facilitates judgment because it is based on criteria that is self-correcting and context-dependent. He urged educators to create a community for inquiries for this purpose. The IAPC continues to develop and publish international curricula to bring children closer to the philosophy and improve.

Works

• Ann M. Sharp and Frederick S. Oscanyan Philosophy in the classroom, West Caldwell, NJ 1977, ISBN 0-916834-04-2
• Harry Stottelmeier 's Discovery, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Upper Montclair, NJ 1980 (1971), ISBN 0916834069 German: Harry Stottelmeiers discovery, translated by Ursula Scheer, edited and published by Daniela G. Camhy Hölder Pichker - Tempsky, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-209-01039-0
• Manual on this: Matthew Lipman, Ann M Sharp, Frederick S. Oscanyan. Harry Stottelmeiers discovery handbook, translated by Ursula Scheer, edited and published by Daniela G. Camhy, Hölder - Pichler- Tempsky, Vienna 1990, ISBN 9783209010407

• German: The mysterious creatures. Philosophizing with children translated and edited by Daniela G. Camhy Academia, St. Augustine 2007 ISBN 978-3-89665-436-6 Full text, pdf.
• Manual on this: The mysterious creatures. Manual for parents and teachers. 2nd edition.

Translated and edited by Daniela G. Camhy. Academia, St. Augustine, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89665-438-0.