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Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds

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$10.5 $15 In stock

Category: Card Game

Puzzles and ideas to help young minds grow

Children are born philosophers – but in order to fully bring out the best of their thinking, it helps to equip them with the largest and most thought-expanding questions. This is a pack of the very sharpest, based on the biggest conundrums of philosophy, and is guaranteed to generate lively, warm and fascinating conversations among families and friends. No prior knowledge is required; all that counts is a spirit of curiosity.

With these questions to hand, conversation will forever be profound and entertaining, and minds young and old will have a crash course in the joys and adventures of philosophy.

The cards cover five categories:

  • What Is Right and Wrong?
  • What Is Real?
  • What Is Society?
  • Is There a God?
  • What Is the Meaning of Life?

Questions include:

  • Can you make a case for why it is okay to eat some animals (like cows, pigs and lambs) and not others (like dogs, cats or goldfish)?
  • Imagine that you and your best friend swapped brains: your brain was inserted into their body, and their brain was inserted into yours. Which person would be ‘you’ – the one with your brain in their body, or their brain in yours? Or would it be neither? Or both?
  • Should people be allowed to keep all the money they can earn? Or should they be made to give some money away to help others? Explain why?

Ideal for ages 8yrs+

52 cards | 129mm x 90mm

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Ava ★★★★★

My 8-year-old actually asked to keep going after bedtime because she wanted to finish debating one of the cards about whether animals can be brave. The questions are open-ended enough that there's no single right answer, so even my quiet one jumped in. Makes car rides way more interesting than the u

Sebastian J. ★★★★★

We pulled these out on a rainy Sunday and my 8-year-old’s questions genuinely surprised me—the prompts dig deeper than the usual “what’s your favorite color.” The cards are sturdy enough for small hands, and each round sparks a new tangent that keeps us talking past bedtime.

Carter ★★★★★

Dinner conversation has never been this lively—my eight-year-old actually asked me what I think makes a life meaningful, and then argued her point. The card prompts are open-ended enough that we keep circling back to them night after night.