Philosophy - What is it?

22 February 2016

Philosophy!

Excitingly, Swift class have had their first Philosophy lesson with Alfie from Bristol University. We will be having Philosophy lessons every Wednesday afternoons.

Well what is Philosophy? So that we could begin to understand what Philosophy is, we asked Alfie some questions. Next, he gave us a set of questions; in groups we collaborated to sort them into piles. Questions which we thought were not Philosophical (they had an answer) and questions which we thought were Philosophical.

After a lot of discussion and debating, these were some examples we agreed were Philosophical:

If a tree fell down in a forest and made a sound, would there be a sound if no one was there to hear it?

Do we dream only in our sleep?

Why can’t a stick be a sword?

4 comments

  • Comment Link khalid 03 March 2016 posted by khalid

    In owl class we do Philosophy and I want to see Nurhaan (my cousin) to Know lots

  • Comment Link Nurhaan 29 February 2016 posted by Nurhaan

    In year 4 swift we started to learn philosophy with Alfie which was brilliant.We came up with lots of philosophy questions and discuss them.

  • Comment Link najah 23 February 2016 posted by najah

    I think philosophy is a graet thing to learn in swift class.

  • Comment Link Miss Wright 23 February 2016 posted by Miss Wright

    Can you come up with your own Philosophy questions and write them on here?

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