THOUGHTINGS: PUZZLES, PROBLEMS AND PARADOXES IN POETRY TO THINK WITH

Book ID/图书代码： 03480512B57996

English Summary/英文概要： Thoughtings is a poetry collection with a difference. The name ‘Thoughtings’ was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word ‘think’ said ‘It’s when you’re thoughting’.

Children love pondering big philosophical questions like ‘Does the universe end?’, ‘Where is my mind?’ and ‘Can something be true and false at the same time?’. These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind and feed it further.

These are not poems or, at least, not in the traditional sense of the word… They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry.

Here’s to the joy of puzzlement!.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类的思想与诗集有所不同。他们不是诗歌，或者至少不是传统意义上的‘思想’。这是一个全新的术语。‘思想’是一种围绕着一个谜题或是问题所特别所创立的诗，可能比诗歌更富哲学性。他们更喜欢把音乐称作练习曲，或是研习曲，(比方说，肖邦练习曲，巴赫平均律钢琴曲，亦或是巴托克的微观世界，或是里奥布劳• 威尔所演奏的‘天使之死’或是简单的练习曲之类更为清晰的类比)。为学生们研究或是练习，笔者针对每个练习曲，指出了其中特定的或是在音乐方面的演奏技巧，但每个练习曲也是一块独立的音乐本身。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Reviewed by Ian McMillan, Poet, broadcaster & comedian If you want to do some thinking aerobics and some brain gymnastics then this is the book for you. I always thought that philosophy and poetry were linked by more than the letter P and this book proves it!

Reviewed by Paul Ginnis, Independent Trainer & Author Thoughtings is a delightful, clever, rich resource. It pokes, prods and tickles children’s minds by turning life’s conundra into light and inviting poemy thingies. Accessible, funny and provocative, this collection brings out, rather than stuffs in, learning and will guide your pupils to the lost goals of education: to question; to think; to enquire. Thoughtings creatively combines the ancient art form of poetry with the ancient Socratic method of question-asking to produce a warm and welcome counterpoint to the strictures of a utilitarian curriculum.

Reviewed by Will Ord, Thinking Education Ltd “Plato said that “Philosophy begins in wonder”, and Thoughtings provides a wonderfully rich variety of ideas, concepts, mysteries and questions for children to wonder about. Each Thoughting poem aims to stimulate curiosity about some aspect of young people’s lives and – as an optional learning avenue - the nature of the language we use to understand it. Consequently teachers will find this a ‘quick entry’ resource for stimulating thinking & communication skills in the classroom."

Reviewed by Nigel Warburton, The Open University ’A stimulating and imaginative range of catalysts to thought. ’

About the Author/作者介绍： Peter has recently been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He read philosophy at University College London and Birkbeck College, and is currently studying for a PhD at King’s College London. He has been working with children in education since 1993 and has been doing philosophy with children since 2002. Peter developed the method of Philosophical Enquiry (PhiE) that is at the heart of The Philosophy Foundation’s work. As CEO he represents the charity worldwide, trains specialists and teachers, and heads the Senior Leadership Team.

Andrew has a background in language teaching and a degree in Philosophy and Social Anthropology, the combination of which have sparked his passionate curiosity into the part that language plays in the development of thinking. Having joined The Philosophy Foundation in 2009, Andrew quickly invested in their ethos, striving to encourage young people to think philosophically.

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