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!
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!
Andrew Pessin is professor of philosophy at Connecticut College. In addition to his occasional appearances as "The Genius" on the Late Show with David Letterman, he is the author of a number of books, including The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins Have Said about the Divine and The 60-Second Philosopher. Samuel Lebens is a research fellow in philosophy at the University of Haifa. He is chairperson of the Association for the Philosophy of Judaism.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: "Stop Making Sense" Chapter 1: Plato / More Than What Meets the Eye Chapter 2: Aristotle / Neither You Will Nor You Won't Chapter 3: Augustine / Forced to Be Free Chapter 4: Anselm / God is Not Just a Good Idea Chapter 5: Maimonides / Keeps Going, and Going, and Going . Or Not? Chapter 6: Thomas Aquinas / God Has Not Been on Vacation Since the Original Creation Chapter 7: René Descartes / "A Monstrous Thesis" Chapter 8: John Locke / True Colors Chapter 9: Nicolas Malebranche / On Honoring Leeks and Vegetables Chapter 10: G. W. Leibniz / Synchronicity Chapter 11: George Berkeley / To Be Is to Perceive, or Be Perceived Chapter 12: David Hume / Stercus Accidit Chapter 13: Friedrich Nietzsche / Philosopher, Psychologist-Antichrist? Chapter 14: John McTaggart / Time Does Not Fly Even When You're Having Fun Chapter 15: Ludwig Wittgenstein / The Voice In My Head is Speaking Nonsense Chapter 16: Hilary Putnam / Thinking Outside the (Cranial) Box Chapter 17: David Lewis / The Incredulous Stare Chapter 18: Thomas Nagel, David Chalmers / Mind and Matter, Together Again at Last (Sort of)!
Introduction: "Stop Making Sense" Chapter 1: Plato / More Than What Meets the Eye Chapter 2: Aristotle / Neither You Will Nor You Won't Chapter 3: Augustine / Forced to Be Free Chapter 4: Anselm / God is Not Just a Good Idea Chapter 5: Maimonides / Keeps Going, and Going, and Going . Or Not? Chapter 6: Thomas Aquinas / God Has Not Been on Vacation Since the Original Creation Chapter 7: René Descartes / "A Monstrous Thesis" Chapter 8: John Locke / True Colors Chapter 9: Nicolas Malebranche / On Honoring Leeks and Vegetables Chapter 10: G. W. Leibniz / Synchronicity Chapter 11: George Berkeley / To Be Is to Perceive, or Be Perceived Chapter 12: David Hume / Stercus Accidit Chapter 13: Friedrich Nietzsche / Philosopher, Psychologist-Antichrist? Chapter 14: John McTaggart / Time Does Not Fly Even When You're Having Fun Chapter 15: Ludwig Wittgenstein / The Voice In My Head is Speaking Nonsense Chapter 16: Hilary Putnam / Thinking Outside the (Cranial) Box Chapter 17: David Lewis / The Incredulous Stare Chapter 18: Thomas Nagel, David Chalmers / Mind and Matter, Together Again at Last (Sort of)!
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