Uncommon sense : the strangest ideas from the smartest philosophers /
"In Uncommon Sense, Andrew Pessin leads us on an entertaining tour of philosophy, explaining the pivotal moments when the greatest minds solved some of the knottiest conundrums--by asserting some very strange things. But the great philosophers don't merely make unusual claims, they offer p...
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| Language: | English |
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2012
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| Summary: | "In Uncommon Sense, Andrew Pessin leads us on an entertaining tour of philosophy, explaining the pivotal moments when the greatest minds solved some of the knottiest conundrums--by asserting some very strange things. But the great philosophers don't merely make unusual claims, they offer powerful arguments for those claims that you can't easily dismiss. And these arguments suggest that the world is much stranger than you could have imagined: You neither will, nor won't, do certain things in the future, like wear your blue shirt tomorrow ; But your blue shirt isn't really blue, because colors don't exist in physical objects; they're only in your mind ; Time is an illusion ; Your thoughts are not inside your head ; Everything you believe about morality is false ; Animals don't have minds ; There is no physical world at all. In eighteen lively, intelligent chapters, spanning the ancient Greeks and contemporary thinkers, Pessin examines the most unusual ideas, how they have influenced the course of Western thought, and why, despite being so odd, they just might be correct. Here is popular philosophy at its finest, sure to entertain as it enlightens."--Publisher's website. In eighteen lively chapters, Andrew Pessin examines the most unusual ideas from the ancient Greeks and contemporary thinkers, how they have influenced the course of Western thought, and why, despite being so odd, they just might be correct. Time is an illusion. Your thoughts do not exist inside your head. There is no physical world. And more! |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1442216107 9781442216105 1442216093 9781442216099 9786613711618 6613711616 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive, viewed May 14, 2014). |
