Thinking about Ordinary Things
A Short Invitation to Philosophy
Published on 15. November 2013
220 pages
978-80-246-2440-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this compact yet informative book, former dissident, occasional politician, software developer, and noted Czech philosopher, Jan Sokol offers a way to teach young radical students about philosophy. Drawing on his own experiences, Sokol explains that one does not start teaching by talking about philosophers and theories specifically, but by aiming to excite students and from there leading them to think philosophically about the important questions that have faced humans for centuries. Divided into thirty short chapters, Thinking about Ordinary Things is a unique perspective on the teaching of philosophy.
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Philosophy: between Science, Art and Myth
- 2. How We See and Hear
- 3. Perception and Attention
- 4. Things, Words and Names
- 5. Language and Thought
- 6. Man in the World
- 7. Holiday and Everyday, Myth and Logos
- 8. You and I
- 9. Action and Freedom
- 10. Play
- 11. Language as Play
- 12. Time
- 13. Science and Knowledge
- 14. Truth
- 15. Scale and Ratio
- 16. Likeness and Imitation
- 17. Life
- 18. Nature
- 19. Necessity and Chance
- 20. Technique and Technology
- 21. Society, Institutions and State
- 22. Values and Money
- 23. Custom and Society
- 24. Morality and Ethics
- 25. Law
- 26. Text and Interpretation
- 27. The City
- 28. History
- 29. What Happens in History?
- 30. Civilisation, Culture, and Religion
- 31. Tolerance and Pluralism
- 32. Man and the World
