Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
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Description
"The Garden" is a story about causes and causal explanations. Discussing it with your students can be an informal introduction to the philosophy of science. It also raises philosophical questions about whether things in nature have thoughts and feelings the way human beings do, the nature of patience, and how we can tell what is the true cause of some event.
Publication Date
1988
Publisher
Sundance Publishers & Distributors, Inc.
Keywords
children's literature, philosophy for children, epistemology, nature, patience
Disciplines
Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Matthews, Gareth B.; Reilly, Lenore Carlisle; and Tishman, Shari, ""The Garden" from Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel" (1988). Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature. 8.
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