What Philosophers Think
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What Philosophers Think
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Author : Julian Baggini
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2005-05-10
What Philosophers Think written by Julian Baggini and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-10 with Philosophy categories.
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What More Philosophers Think
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Author : Julian Baggini
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 2007-07-31
What More Philosophers Think written by Julian Baggini and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a collection of interviews with some of the world's most important and influential philosophers and intellectuals and leading figures in the arts and politics.
Thinking It Through
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Author : Kwame Anthony Appiah
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-03-06
Thinking It Through written by Kwame Anthony Appiah and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-06 with Philosophy categories.
Thinking it Through is a thorough, vividly written introduction to contemporary philosophy and some of the most crucial questions of human existence, including the nature of mind and knowledge, the status of moral claims, the existence of God, the role of science, and the mysteries of language. Noted philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah shows us what it means to "do" philosophy in our time and why it should matter to anyone who wishes to live a more thoughtful life. Opposing the common misconceptions that being a philosopher means espousing a set of philosophical beliefs--or being a follower of a particular thinker--Appiah argues that "the result of philosophical exploration is not the end of inquiry in a settled opinion, but a mind resting more comfortably among many possibilities, or else the reframing of the question, and a new inquiry." Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, Thinking It Through is organized around eight central topics--mind, knowledge, language, science, morality, politics, law, and metaphysics. It traces how philosophers in the past have considered each subject (how Hobbes, Wittgenstein, and Frege, for example, approached the problem of language) and then explores some of the major questions that still engage philosophers today. More importantly, Appiah not only explains what philosophers have thought but how they think, giving students examples that they can use in their own attempts to navigate the complex issues confronting any reflective person in the twenty-first century. Filled with concrete examples of how philosophers work, Thinking it Through guides students through the process of philosophical reflection and enlarges their understanding of the central questions of human life.
How To Think Like A Philosopher
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Author : Julian Baggini
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2023-02-23
How To Think Like A Philosopher written by Julian Baggini and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-23 with Philosophy categories.
As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the methods, tenets and attitudes of thought that guide philosophy, and how they can be applied to our own lives. Drawing on decades of enquiry and a huge range of interviews, Julian Baggini identifies twelve key principles that promote incisive thinking. Pay attention; question everything; seek clarity, not certainty: these are just a few of philosophy's guiding maxims which can be applied to everything from understanding the impact of climate change to correctly appraising our own temperaments. Both a fresh introduction to philosophy covering canonical and contemporary philosophers, and an essential, practical guide to good thinking, How to Think Like a Philosopher shows us the way to a more humane, balanced and rational approach to thinking, to politics, and to life.
Feeling Our Feelings
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Author : Eva Brann
language : en
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
Release Date : 2008
Feeling Our Feelings written by Eva Brann and has been published by Paul Dry Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Philosophy categories.
Eva Brann considers what the great philosophers on the passions and feelings have thought and written about them. She examines the relevant work of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Adam Smith, Hume, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, and also includes a chapter on contemporary studies on the brain. This book provides a comprehensive look at this pervasive and elusive topic.
Do You Think What You Think You Think
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Author : Jeremy Stangroom
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Do You Think What You Think You Think written by Jeremy Stangroom and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with Psychology categories.
Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? Really, it won't hurt a bit ... Is what you believe coherent and consistent? Or is it a jumble of contradictions? If you could design yourself a God, what would He (or She, or It) be like? Can you spot the logical flaw in an argument (even if it's hiding from you)? And how will you fare on the tricky terrain of ethics when your taboos are under the spotlight? If all this causes your brain to overheat, there is a philosophy general knowledge quiz to round off with. Do You Think What You Think You Think? presents a dozen quizzes that will reveal what you really think and what it all adds up to (brace yourself: it might not add up to what you expected). Challenging, fun, infuriating - sometimes all at once - this book will enable you to discover the you you never knew you were. Think of it as an MOT for your mind.
How The World Thinks
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Author : Julian Baggini
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2018-10-04
How The World Thinks written by Julian Baggini and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Philosophy categories.
*SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'There to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separately in China, India and Ancient Greece at more or less the same time. These early philosophies have had a profound impact on the development of distinctive cultures in different parts of the world. What we call 'philosophy' in the West is not even half the story. Julian Baggini sets out to expand our horizons in How the World Thinks, exploring the philosophies of Japan, India, China and the Muslim world, as well as the lesser-known oral traditions of Africa and Australia's first peoples. Interviewing thinkers from around the globe, Baggini asks questions such as: why is the West is more individualistic than the East? What makes secularism a less powerful force in the Islamic world than in Europe? And how has China resisted pressures for greater political freedom? Offering deep insights into how different regions operate, and paying as much attention to commonalities as to differences, Baggini shows that by gaining greater knowledge of how others think we take the first step to a greater understanding of ourselves.
Thinking About Thinking
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Author : Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2012
Thinking About Thinking written by Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Philosophy categories.
Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy is unique. If it is a good one, it is also revealing for many--perhaps even for all--other philosophers. At the same time, all thinking is addressed to individual interlocutors, each of whom responds to it by transforming it into a different philosophy. This fact invites us to explore the dialogical dimension of thinking, which, in turn, refers us to the communitarian and historical contexts from which solitude, as well as solidarity, competition, alliances, and friendships in thought emerge. After the collapse of modern autonomy, the question of philosophy's dependence on prephilosophical conditions is a basic question of metaphilosophy -- especially if a philosophy is always entangled with or even rooted in some belief or trust or faith.
What Makes Us Think
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Author : Jean-Pierre Changeux
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Univ Department of Art &
Release Date : 2000
What Makes Us Think written by Jean-Pierre Changeux and has been published by Princeton Univ Department of Art & this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Philosophy categories.
"Ranging across diverse traditions, from phrenology to PET scans and from Spinoza to Charles Taylor, What Makes Us Think? revolves around a central issue: the relation between the facts (or "what is") of science and the prescriptions (or "what ought to be") of ethics."--BOOK JACKET.
Thinking And Being
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Author : Irad Kimhi
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-11
Thinking And Being written by Irad Kimhi and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-11 with Philosophy categories.
Opposing a long-standing orthodoxy of the Western philosophical tradition running from ancient Greek thought until the late nineteenth century, Frege argued that psychological laws of thought—those that explicate how we in fact think—must be distinguished from logical laws of thought—those that formulate and impose rational requirements on thinking. Logic does not describe how we actually think, but only how we should. Yet by thus sundering the logical from the psychological, Frege was unable to explain certain fundamental logical truths, most notably the psychological version of the law of non-contradiction—that one cannot think a thought and its negation simultaneously. Irad Kimhi’s Thinking and Being marks a radical break with Frege’s legacy in analytic philosophy, exposing the flaws of his approach and outlining a novel conception of judgment as a two-way capacity. In closing the gap that Frege opened, Kimhi shows that the two principles of non-contradiction—the ontological principle and the psychological principle—are in fact aspects of the very same capacity, differently manifested in thinking and being. As his argument progresses, Kimhi draws on the insights of historical figures such as Aristotle, Kant, and Wittgenstein to develop highly original accounts of topics that are of central importance to logic and philosophy more generally. Self-consciousness, language, and logic are revealed to be but different sides of the same reality. Ultimately, Kimhi’s work elucidates the essential sameness of thinking and being that has exercised Western philosophy since its inception.