“Philosophy and democracy call us to use our judgment, to choose the best form of political and social organization for ourselves, to recognize our own values, in short, to become in a comprehensive way what each of us is, namely a free person.” Federico Mayor, Secretary General of UNESCO
(Source: https://kinderphilosophie-gesellschaft.uni-graz.at/de/philosophieren-mit-kindern-und-jugendlichen/)  

Philosophizing is based on fundamental and current socio-political questions and promotes the thinking and personality development of children and youth. Starting from your own world of experience, answering questions, getting to know different perspectives and reflecting together, it’s about the relationship with yourself, with other people and with the world. It encourages you to ask questions, reflect on your own thinking and search for answers thinking together. It promotes critical, creative and caring thinking, as well as the ability to dialogue, to argue and to judge. Through joint reflection and dialogue, young people are included in new ways of thinking. They discover new areas of action and experience that go hand in hand with new forms of communication and changed roles, which also contributes to improving basic skills.

Philosophical questions help understand various concepts and perspectives. In addition, philosophizing develops a variety of skills, competencies and intellectual abilities that are necessary for intercultural, cosmopolitan, sustainable and digital education.

In summary, philosophizing is a possibility:

1. to promote critical thinking and judgment
2. to understand the origins and effects of FAKE NEWS
3. to get to know new areas of action and experience
4. to improve basic skills