【摘要】 幼儿哲学探究对其自身成长及人类精神的发展都至关重要。追踪一位幼儿近4年的哲学探究历程,揭示了儿童哲学的实然状态:幼儿哲学探索的内容丰富、全面,既有对日常概念含义的追问,也涉及对生命来源与去向的严肃思考;从产生困惑、寻求解释到得出结论,儿童的探究过程系统而不零碎、郑重而不似游戏;儿童哲学探究的内容及深度既依赖于动机与经验,更离不开"非日常知识"的启发及成人持续性而非偶尔的关照。因此,并不存在自发成长的幼儿;对幼儿而言,探究的结果与过程同样重要。更多还原

【Abstract】 Children’s philosophical inquiry activities are very important for themselves and for human spiritual development. Based on a Longitudinal Case Study, the research finds that a young child’s philosophical exploration process and attributes, which includes four aspects:(1) Extensive themes are explored, especially on the origin and fate of life.(2) Almost all inquiry process of the child has a complete structure, including the elements of questioning, searching and concluding.(3) The inquiry levels depend on both of children’s intrinsic attributes and extrinsic environment, especially the guardians’ support and stimulation of “non-everyday knowledge”. Therefore, there is no spontaneous growth of young children.(4) For the philosophical inquiry, the process and the result are both important to children’s development.更多还原