An Assessment of the Purposes of the Program of Teaching Philosophy to Children in Islamic Thought

This study aims to assess the purposes of the Program of Teaching Philosophy to Children based on Islamic philosophy. Accordingly, the researchers have initially tried to explore and clarify the various angels of thinking and intellection in Islamic philosophy. Then, after introducing the Program of Teaching Philosophy to Children and its goals, they have reviewed and evaluated these goals based on the place of reason in Islamic philosophy. The findings of this study indicate that this program is a valuable endeavor reinforcing the growth of philosophical thinking in children and adolescents. However, the execution of the above-mentioned program in our country, where the divine and monotheistic worldview has penetrated each of its pillars, will create some harmful effects if some necessary changes are not made in its fundamental principles. This is because these principles have been devised based on the Western materialistic worldview, which does not correspond with Man’s perfectionist and truth-seeking primordial nature and is, rather, standing at a huge distance from the transcendent purposes of creation.