Philosophical discussions with children: problems and prospects

Introduction. The article presents the results of the philosophical discussion with high school students, considers the problems and prospects for conducting classes in philosophy with children, and proposes original teaching methods that repre- sent a synthesis of philosophical, pedagogical and research approaches. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the relevance of the ideas, methods and approaches of philosophy with children in the context of modern philosophical, pedagogical and research problems. Research methods are based on the theoretical principles of hermeneutic-phenomenological and psychoanalytic approaches to the interpretation and structural-semiotic analysis of linguistic state- ments. The scientific novelty of the research lies in devel- oping the author’s approach to holding philosophi- cal discussions with schoolchildren, which carries out the synthesis of philosophical-pedagogical and research teaching methods. Results and conclusions. As a result of the study, a conclusion is made about the relevance and demand for such classes of philosophy with children related to interdisciplinary trajectories of its development, the search for effective teaching strategies focused on the comprehensive develop- ment of children and their involvement in research activities.