Preface Acknowledgments Introduction About This Book Philosophy and Questioning Important Things to Remember About the Activities Notes for Teachers and Parents About the Cover Part I-Values Question #1. Are you a fair and just person? Question #2. How do you know who your friends are? Question #3. Should you be rewarded for your efforts in school? Question #4. Should you let little things bother you? Question #5. Is it your duty to give to charity? Question #6. Will having fun make you happier than studying? Question #7. Should you ever tell a lie? Question #8. Are there times when you should be violent? Question #9. Do you sometimes feel weird when you are with others? Question #10. Do we control technology or does technology control us? Part II-Knowledge Question #11. How do you know for certain that things move? Question #12. What makes something you say true? Question #13. Can you doubt that you exist? Question #14. Does a tree make a sound if it falls in a forest with no one around? Question #15. Are you certain that the law of gravity is really a law? Question #16. How can you tell when you know something? Question #17. Can another person understand your feelings? Question #18. Can you lie to yourself? Question #19. Do you perceive things as they are or only as they seem to be? Question #20. Can computers think? Part III-Reality Question #21. Can you think about nothing at all? Question #22. Does anything ever happen by chance? Question #23. What happens to numbers when you are not using them? Question #24. Are numbers and people equally real? Question #25. Is time what you see when you look at a clock? Question #26. If the universe came from the Big Bang, where did the Big Bang come from? Question #27. Are you the same person you were five years ago? Question #28. Do you have a free will? Question #29. Does anything depend on everything? Question #30. Are impossible things ever possible? Part IV-Critical Thinking Question #31. Is it important to speak and write so you can be understood? Question #32. Should you always listen to the opinions of others? Question #33. Should you criticize people or the opinions people have? Question #34. Why is “because” such an important word? Question #35. Is it always easy to tell what causes things to happen? Question #36. If many people think something is true, is it true? Question #37. Do two wrongs balance out and make an action right? Question #38. “I am lying.” True or false? Question #39. Can something logical ever not make sense? Question #40. “I wonder . . .” what it means to define something? How to Philosophize if You Are Not a Philosopher Organization Classroom Procedures Question Review and Teaching Tips Curricular Integration Additional Reading in Philosophy Glossary Index About the Author