![]() Seuss to create what is “in his head” such that we can have those thoughts, too. ![]() In other words, something about pictures allows Dr. Seuss drew these crazy things he thought up, the readers/lookers are able to think them too. The pun is a trick on our inclination to consider pictures to be the things they portray–a trick that reminds us that pictures are imaginings, creations of a mind … thinks. Seuss’ play throughout the book of the word “thinks” for the “things” in the pictures, especially because they might respond intuitively to the profundity of such punning. Seuss with elementary school children would be a lively way to inspire a conversation among the students about puzzling philosophical matters such as the nature of thought, imagination, reality, art, and representation, as well as issues of possibility and conceivability.Ĭhildren ought to be charmed by Dr. ![]() ![]() Reading Oh the Thinks you can Think by Dr. ![]() Read aloud video by Story Time Pals Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion Seuss book will challenge young readers to puzzle through philosophical questions of imagination, reality and art. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary Oh the Thinks you Can Think introduces various questions about the nature of thought, imagination, reality, art, and representation.įull of puns and silly rhymes, this classic Dr. ![]()
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