getAbstract recommends this book for anyone interested in philosophy but short of time, or merely out to impress friends, colleagues and clients by dropping names of celebrity philosophers into conversations or sales pitches. Incidentally, the politically correct reader will be delighted at Blackburn's bows to gender-neutral language, his digs at the religious right and his sly elbow in the dead ribs of Edmund Burke. The book's strongest points are its useful tips on formulating and analyzing arguments. Think is better appreciated as a chrestomathy of thought-provoking quotations and asides.
This book's stated intention is to give readers some sense of how philosophers approach the really big questions of knowledge, free will, God, reasoning, and so on. Philosophers by Simon Blackburn - Audiobook - Browse Sample Philosophers Their Lives and Works By: Simon Blackburn Narrated by: Kris Dyer Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Simon Blackburn merits the same level of praise. Gertrude Stein observed of Ezra Pound that he was a village explainer, and very good to have around if one happened to be a village.
Simon Blackburn is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Emeritus Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and the author of many books, including the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Think (1999) and Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics (2001).GetAbstract Summary: Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's 'big ideas'. This audiobook introduces the key ideas, themes and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life and come up with new ways of understanding the world. An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this audiobook explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves and their pioneering ideas.
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