An edition of 30-Second Philosophies (2009)

30-second philosophies

the 50 most thought-provoking philosophies, each explained in half a minute

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An edition of 30-Second Philosophies (2009)

30-second philosophies

the 50 most thought-provoking philosophies, each explained in half a minute

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Metro Books
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160

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Table of Contents

Language & Logic
Glossary
Aristotle's syllogisms
Russell's paradox & Frege's logicism
profile: Aristotle
Russell's theory of description
Frege's puzzle
Gödel's theorem
Epimenides' liar paradox
Eubulides' heap
Science & Epistemology
Glossary
I think therefore I am
Gettier's counter example
profile: Karl Popper
The brain in a vat
Hume's problem of induction
Goodman's gruesome riddle
Popper's conjectures & refutations
Kuhn's scientific revolutions
Mind & Metaphysics
Glossary
Descartes mind-body problem
Brentano's intentionality
Fodor's language of thought
Parfit's persons
profile: René Descartes
Chalmer's zombies
Zeno's paradoxes
Kant's left hand
Theseus' ship
Laplace's demon, determinism, & free will
Ryle's ghost in the machine
Ethics & Political Philosophy
Glossary
Aristotle's ethics
States of nature and the social contract
Kant's categorical imperative
profile: Immanuel Kant
Mill's utilitarianism
Marx's historical materialism
The trolley problem
Religion
Glossary
Aquinas' five ways
Anselm's ontological argument
profile: Thomas Aquinas
Epicurus' riddle
Paley's watchmaker
Pascal's wager
Hume against miracles
Grand Moments
Glossary
Socrates' method
Plato's cave
Aristotle's four causes
Lucretius' atomism
profile: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Berkeley's idealism
Kant's synthetic a priori
Hegel's dialectic
James' pragmatism
Moore's common sense
Wittgenstein's picture theory of language
Continental Philosophy
Glossary
Nietzsche's Superman
profile: Friedrich Nietzsche
Derrida's deconstruction
Heidegger's nothing
Sartre's bad faith.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.

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New York
Other Titles
Thirty-second philosophies

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Library of Congress
B72 .T32 2009

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Pagination
160 pages
Number of pages
160

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Open Library
OL30856924M
Internet Archive
30secondphilosop0000unse
ISBN 10
1435109570
ISBN 13
9781435109575
LCCN
2015460114
OCLC/WorldCat
605365901

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OL21500223W

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