The invitation was addressed to the 5th and 6th grade students of Primary Education (aged 10-12 years) who contacted the Jakinmin Association, which organizes philosophy sessions throughout the Basque Country. The number of people enrolled was 45, and because of this success, the children were divided into two groups.

“We do practical philosophy, we take a topic and debate, we philosophize,” says Xabi Salaberria of Jakinmin. They set as a starting point an incentive (a story, a video, a song...) and then delve into a specific theme and ask questions. In the case of Usurbil they have collaborated with the story "The Blue Chair": “In the chair a man sits first, then a dog uses it as a geyser, for the aliens the chair is a beret... and little by little the story is asking questions: What is that object, the chair? Refuge? Beret? What makes one thing that? Is there a single reality or more realities? Or a reality and many interpretations?... It is surprising to what extent you can reach a level of reflection with children from 10 to 12 years old.”

Salaberria explains that the young people themselves were very comfortable. On the one hand, because this is an unfamiliar dynamic: “It’s not the only correct answer, and that misses you, the goal is to walk the road together and see how far they arrive, and not everyone has to agree at the end of the session.” On the other hand, children tend to highlight how they realize that at first they have an opinion and as they advance in the story, they listen to others... they change their minds. “We seek a reasoned opinion, not a superficial opinion, so that it really is a philosophical dialogue.” Finally, Salaberria has underlined how beautiful this real listening is – and not waiting for the other to say what he has to cast our own – which is the philosophical tertulia, “but for that we need calm, we need time, and at the current rate we lack time”.