You Kant Make it Up!
eBook - ePub

You Kant Make it Up!

Strange Ideas from History's Great Philosophers

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

You Kant Make it Up!

Strange Ideas from History's Great Philosophers

About this book

Drawing on the writings of the great philosophers, You Kant Make it Up sends the reader on thrilling, non-stop tour of their most outrageous and counter-intuitive conclusions. Harry Potter is real. Matter doesn't exist. Dan Brown is better than Shakespeare. All these statements stem from philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Nietzsche. What were they thinking? Overflowing with compelling arguments for the downright strange - many of which are hugely influential today - popular philosopher Gary Hayden shows that just because something is odd, doesn't mean that someone hasn't argued for it. Spanning ethics, logic, politics, sex and religion, this unconventional introduction to philosophy will challenge your assumptions, expand your horizons, infuriate, entertain and amuse you.

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Information

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781851688708
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Not bad. Just misguided
  8. 2. Couldn’t be better
  9. 3. Couldn’t be worse
  10. 4. Selfish motives
  11. 5. Nothing changes
  12. 6. Nothing stays the same
  13. 7. Total perfection
  14. 8. The real world
  15. 9. Oranges aren’t orange
  16. 10. Cosmic comeuppance
  17. 11. It’s all in the numbers
  18. 12. Dan Brown vs. Shakespeare
  19. 13. Burn, baby, burn
  20. 14. Again, and again, and again . . .
  21. 15. All in the mind
  22. 16. Now I remember
  23. 17. Gambling on God
  24. 18. The ghost in the machine
  25. 19. How did that happen?
  26. 20. Leibniz’s fantastic fairytale
  27. 21. Ouch! I feel good
  28. 22. You can’t predict the future
  29. 23. An end to suffering
  30. 24. The weaker sex?
  31. 25. Selfishness is a virtue
  32. 26. One hand clapping
  33. 27. Thou shalt kill
  34. 28. The brain in the jar
  35. 29. Harry Potter exists
  36. 30. No one’s to blame
  37. 31. Duty calls!
  38. 32. Mind your behaviour
  39. 33. Body-swapping
  40. 34. Cannibal conundrums
  41. 35. Philosophy? Nonsense!
  42. 36. World 3
  43. 37. Nothing to discuss
  44. 38. R.I.P. God
  45. 39. The ultimate vice
  46. 40. Rules . . . rules . . . rules . . .
  47. 41. Absurd, but true
  48. 42. Scientifically unproven
  49. 43. The unexamined life
  50. Further reading
  51. Index

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