
This is Not a Book
Adventures in Popular Philosophy
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 15. November 2007
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-84706-012-9 (ISBN)
Description
"This is Not a Book" will stretch your mind, put your neurons through their paces, and challenge the foundations of your opinions and knowledge itself. You'll discover you can't even trust your own senses - even though they may be all you have. Packed with philosophical puzzles that have intrigued the greatest minds, quizzes that reveal the inconsistencies of our ideas, insoluble logical paradoxes, and moral dilemmas that force us to confront the consequences of our beliefs, "This is Not a Book" will give your intellect a workout that you'll thoroughly enjoy.This book is divided into four sections, one for each of the major branches of philosophy. Each section includes an overview of the subject and brief profiles of the philosophers whose work has influenced thinking in that area, together with quizzes, games, mental exercises, and thought experiments in which you are asked to take on a particular view of reality and follow where it leads. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to this fascinating subject for the first time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84706-012-9 (9781847060129)
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Persons
Michael Picard trained in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. He is now lecturer in Psychology at the University of Victoria, Canada. He also moderates Cafe Philosophy, a weekly community-based philosophy group in Victoria, and runs www.philosophy-shop.com. Ian Whitelaw has a degree in anthropology from the University of Durham, UK. He lives on Vancouver Island, Canada, where he works as a freelance writer and editor.
Content
Introduction; Part One: Logic and Language; Part Two: Epistemology; Part Three: Morality and Ethics; Part Four: Metaphysics; Glossary; Index of Philosophers; General Index.