2. PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY: Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery

Authors

Matthew Lipman, Montclair State University
Ann Margaret Sharp, Montclair State University
Frederick S. Oscanyan, Berea College

Files

ISBN

0-8191-3830-4

Target Grades

Middle School

Publication Date

1984

Publisher

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children

Number of Pages

475

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Summary

This instructional manual includes hundreds of short, accessible explanations of the philosophical ideas and issues written into HARRY the novel, and as such is a valuable introduction to philosophy. Adults with no experience in academic philosophy will have no trouble using this manual to engage young people in philosophical dialogue. The manual provides discussion plans and exercises to help the students think for themselves about the philosophical ideas most relevant to their experience. The manual is also a primer in critical thinking and formal and informal logic, which are treated as helpful tools for inquiry. Students will find the logic meaningful as they are able to use these new tools to find answers to their own philosophical questions.

Excerpt

Excerpt from Philosophical Inquiry, Chapter 14, p. 373

DISCUSSION PLAN: Can things show thoughts?

1. Write a sentence on a sheet of paper. Does the paper now show a thought?

2. Is the thought on the paper or in you mind?

3. If someone else reads the sentence you wrote on the paper, is the thought now in that other person's mind?

4. Does this mean that we can communicate our thoughts to other people by means of things like pieces of paper?

5. What other things can we use to convey our thoughts to other people?

6. Is it true that a painting doesn't contain thoughts because it doesn't contain words?

7. Can there be such a thing as a "musical thought"?

8. Are there ways in which sentences on paper are like thoughts in your mind?

9. Are there ways in which melodies are like sentences?

10. Did you ever see a building that was so unusual that you couldn't help wondering what the people who built it were thinking when they built it?

11. Could a building be a thought in stone?

12. Should we treat things with special care if they contain or show thoughts?

Editions

Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1984) Philosophical Inquiry: Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery, 3rd Edition. Montclair, NJ: Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children.

Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1979) Philosophical Inquiry: Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery, 2nd Edition. Montclair, NJ: Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children.

Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1975) Philosophical Inquiry: Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery, 1st Edition. Montclair, NJ: Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children.

Translations

• Catalan translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (2017) Recerca filosòfica. Translated by Josep-Maria Terricabras. Adaptation of the GrupIREF team. Girona, Spain: Eumo Editorial, Universitat de Girona. Available online here: Recerca Filosòfica.
• Catalan translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1984) Recerca filosòfica. Translated by Josep-Maria Terricabras. Girona, Spain: Eumo Editorial, Universitat de Girona.
• Chinese translation (PRC): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1997) 哲学探究 [Philosophical Inquiry]. Translated by 廖伯琴 (Liao Boqin) and 张诗德 (Zhang Shide). 太原: 山西教育出版社 [Tai yuan: Shan xi jiao yu chu ban she].
• French translation (Belgium): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1998) La découverte de Harry Stotélès: livre du maître. Translated and adapted by Marie Aviles, Anne-Marie Delcarte, Chantal Duray, France Paquay, Hélène Schidlowsky, Albert Tombeur, Patricia Vrebos. Brussels, Belgium: (Publisher not indicated).
• French translation (Quebec, Canada): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1993) La recherche philosophique: guide [pédagogique] d'accompagnement de "La découverte de Harry". [Need translator.] Québec City, Québec, Canada: Faculté de philosophie, Université Laval. [Need ISBN] Available for purchase here.
• French (France): [Date unknown] Guide pédagogique, La Découverte de Harry Stottlemeier. Trans. Pierre Belaval. Paris, France: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin.
• German translation (Austira) Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (2014). Harry Stottelmeiers Entdeckung Handbuch [Harry Stottelmeier's Discovery Handbook]. Trans. and edited by Daniela G. Camhy. Sankt Augustin, Germany: Academia Verlag. [Donated to Sprague]
• German translation (Austria): Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1990) Handbuch zu Harry Stottelmeiers Entdeckung. Edited by Daniela G. Camhy; translated by Ursula Scheer and Claudio Zagoda. Vienna, Austria: Hölder-Pichker-Tempsky.
• Italian translation (Italy): Lipman, Matthew (2004) Il prisma dei perché. L'indagine filosofica. Manuale. [The Prism of Whys. Philosophical Investigation. Manual.] Translated and adapted by Antonio Cosentino. Naples, Italy: Liguori Editore. ISBN 9788820729660. Available for purchase here.
• Korean translation (ROK): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1999) 노마의 발견 교사용 지도서 철학적 탐구. (Translator not indicated.) 서울시: 한국철학교육 아카데미 출판부 [Seoul, Republic of Korea: Korean Academy of Philosophy Education Press].
• Portuguese translation (Brazil): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1997) Investigação filosófica. (A descoberta de Ari dos Telles: manual do professor). [Need translator.] São Paulo: Difusão de Educação e Cultura.
• Spanish translation (Mexico): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1994) Cuestionamiento Filosófico. Manual de Instrucciones Para Acompañar El descubrimiento de Aristeo Téllez. Translated by Silvia Delgado and Araceli Delgado. Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericana. ISBN 9789688591468.
• Spanish translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1989) Recerca filosòfica: manual d'instruccions per acompanyar la descoberta de l'Aristòtil mas. Translated, adapted and with commentary by Josep M. Terricabras. Barcelona, Spain: Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
• Spanish translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1988) Investigación Filosófica. Manual del profesor para acompañar a El descubrimiento de Harry Stottlemeier. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones de la Torre. ISBN 9788486587468. Available for purchase here.
• Spanish translation (Country not indicated): Lipman, Matthew (Date not indicated) Manual del profesor para acompan̄ar, El descubrimiento de Aristides Hoteles. Translated by Maria Victoria Cox de Palmer. Place of publication not indicated.
• Translations of combined novel and manual: Korean translation (ROK): Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1995) 아니야, 그것은 그렇지 않아 [No, that’s not it]. Translated and adapted by 송 광용 [Song Kwang-Yong]. 서울 특별시: 계몽사 [Seoul, Republic of Korea: Enlightenment Temple].

Keywords

logic, philosophy, education, aesthetics, ethics

Disciplines

Education | Epistemology | Ethics and Political Philosophy | Logic and Foundations of Mathematics | Philosophy

Published Reviews and Research

• Baldwin, Gail (1987) Harry: The Connections. Analytic Teaching 8(1): 103-105.
• Browning, Barbara K. (1983) Using Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery in Mini Session. Analytic Teaching 3(2): 43.
• Browning, Becky (1987) Harry in Three Classes. Analytic Teaching 8(1): 70-72.
• Browning, Becky (1989) Harry After School. Analytic Teaching 10(1): 87-90.
• Burnes, Bruce (1981) Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery: The Minnesota Experience. Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 3(1): 8-11.
• Burnes, Bruce (1983) Who is Harry Stottlemeier Anyway? Analytic Teaching 3(2): 39-40.
• Cavnar, Adam (1986) Understanding. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 27.
• Cavnar, Adam (1986) Poor Dale. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 28.
• Copple, Lynda M. (1985) Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery and Fifth-Grade High Ability Language Arts Class. Analytic Teaching 6(1): 43-46.
• Crawford, Sr. Kristin (1986) The Process of Inquiry. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 30.
• Crawford, Sr. Kristin (1986) Figuring Things Out. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 31.
• Davidson, Janet E. (1998) What Harry Discovered: A Review of Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery. Analytic Teaching 9(2): 127-128.
• Gordon, Rebecca (1982) Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery in a Fifth Grade Class. Analytic Teaching 3(1): 3-5.
• Gordon, Rebecca (1983) Second Thoughts About Harry. Analytic Teaching 3(2): 29-30.
• Geise, Paul G. (1987) Harry, Chapter 17. Analytic Teaching 7(2): 31-32.
• Gunter, Cynthia (1988) A Report on Harry Stottlemeier. Analytic Teaching 9(1): 63-87.
• Johnson, Tony W. (1987) Philosophy for Children – Going beyond the Information Given. Educational Theory 37(1): 61-68.
• Johnson, Tony W. (1988) Who is Harry Stottlemeier and What Did He Discover? Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children Vol. 7(4): S6-S9.
• Johnson, Tony W. 1995. Philosophy for Children: Implementing Dewey’s Vision. Chapter 7 of Johnson’s Discipleship or Pilgrimage? The Educator’s Quest for Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Kata, Betta (1986) The Baseball Game. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 32-33.
• Katzner, Louis I. (1978) Review of Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery. Newsletter on the Teaching of Philosophy. Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 51(6): 804-805.
• Mandel, Sylvia (1986) Mr. Partridge’s Challenge. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 41.
• Morelli, Karen (1986) Not Choosing to be Born. Analytic Teaching 6(2): 42.
• Lindop, Clive (1989) Harry 17: Judgment, Perspective and Philosophy. Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 8(3): 39-40.
• Morehouse, Richard (1982) A Short and Unscientific Evaluation of Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery. Analytic Teaching 3(1): 9-10.
• Morehouse, Richard (1989) Why is Harry So Compelling? A Teacher Training Perspective. Analytic Teaching 9(2): 126.
• Nickel, Caroline (1983) Oklahoma Meets Harry Stottlemeier. Analytic Teaching 3(2): 21-28.
• Nussbaum, Martha (2010) Socratic Pedagogy. Chapter 4 of Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, pp. 47-77. Princeton University Press.
• O’Hagan, Madeleine (1989) Harry Discovers Reality: A Beginning Teacher’s Experience with Harry. Analytic Teaching 9(2): 5-6.
• Oscanyan, Frederick S. (1976) A Critical Look at Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery. Teaching Philosophy 1(4): 447-454.
• Palsson, Hreinn (1988) Educational Saga: Doing Philosophy with Children in Iceland. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, 322 pages.
• Pineda R., Diego Antonio (2014) Apuntes para la comprensión de “El descubrimiento de Harry”, de Matthew Lipman [Notes for understanding “Harry’s Discovery”, by Matthew Lipman]. Análisis 47(86): 21-68.
• Plaut, Jr., Walter N. (1988) Voltaire and Harry, Chapter 14. Analytic Teaching 8(2): 87-88.
• Plaut, Jr., Walter N. (1988) Marianne Moor and Harry. Analytic Teaching 8(2): 106-107.
• Raitz, Keith L. (1992) Philosophy for Children in Guatemala: Latin American Adventures of the Gringo, Harry Stottlemeier. Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 10(2): 6-12.
• Sanguinet, Pam (1986) A Tree in the Desert to Climb. Analytic Teaching 7(1): 36-38.
• Sasseville, Michel (1991) Chapter One of Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery: An Integrative Crucible of Critical and Creative Thinking. Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 9(2): 28-30.
• Sofo, Frank and Michael Witty (1986) Who Should Run Schools? Analytic Teaching 7(1): 22-23.
• Splitter, Laurence J. (1988) A Guided Tour of the Logic in Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery. Analytic Teaching 8(2): 71-86.
• Vriesacker, Jim (1989) Harry Stottlemeier’s Discovery: A Teacher’s View. Analytic Teaching 9(2): 124-125.
• Wright, Judy (1986) Reflections. Analytic Teaching 7(1): 45-46.
• Yuan, Jinmei (2010) Can Aristotelian Logic be Translated into Chinese: Could There be a Chinese Harry Stottlemeier? VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Recommended Citation

Lipman, Matthew, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan (1984) Philosophical Inquiry: Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemeier's Discovery, 3rd Edition. Montclair, NJ: Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children.