
How To Be A Philosopher
or How to Be Almost Certain that Almost Nothing is Certain
Gary Cox(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 18. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4725-0494-4 (ISBN)
Description
Do life's big questions perplex you? This book, now available in paperback, will give you answers to some of them while revealing that others have no answer. A humorous but informed instruction manual to questions philosophers have been asking and attempting to answer for centuries, How to Be A Philosopher will help you:
* Think, talk, argue and persuade like a philosopher.
* Win every agument by tying people in philosophical knots.
* Ask questions and raise doubts about things most people take for granted.
* Realise that almost nothing is certain.
* Get the absolute final word on that question about a falling tree.
A practical guide to philosophising, the book explains philosophical ideas with examples drawn from such great works as Family Guy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Matrix and Red Dwarf. The book also argues that learning to philosophise will help you think more clearly and honestly about your own life. The book even gives practical advice on how to make a living from philosophy!
* Think, talk, argue and persuade like a philosopher.
* Win every agument by tying people in philosophical knots.
* Ask questions and raise doubts about things most people take for granted.
* Realise that almost nothing is certain.
* Get the absolute final word on that question about a falling tree.
A practical guide to philosophising, the book explains philosophical ideas with examples drawn from such great works as Family Guy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Matrix and Red Dwarf. The book also argues that learning to philosophise will help you think more clearly and honestly about your own life. The book even gives practical advice on how to make a living from philosophy!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0494-4 (9781472504944)
DOI
CBID169431
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Additional editions

E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€20.99
Available for download

E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Continuum
€20.99
Available for download
Person
Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow.
Content
Introduction
1. What is Philosophy?
2. How to Be A Philosopher - Phase 1: Doubting Everything
3. How to Be A Philosopher - Phase 2: The Tree Question
4. How to Make A Living From Philosophy
Bibliography
Visual, Music and Online Resources
Further Reading
Index.
1. What is Philosophy?
2. How to Be A Philosopher - Phase 1: Doubting Everything
3. How to Be A Philosopher - Phase 2: The Tree Question
4. How to Make A Living From Philosophy
Bibliography
Visual, Music and Online Resources
Further Reading
Index.