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The Great Philosophers: Sir Karl Popper, Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault Kindle Edition

by Jeremy Stangroom (Author), James Garvey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most.

William James, in his last great work Some Problems of Philosophy, wrote that philosophy 'sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. Its mind is full of air that plays round every subject . It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices'.

This series shows how philosophical argument can be profoundly disconcerting in this way; how it leads people to question everything they thought they knew about existence, knowledge and ethics.

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    Arcturus
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    February 3, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T5B4EMU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcturus (February 3, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 3, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 770 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Kengrove
5.0 out of 5 stars Good!
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2016
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Always a good read!
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Mann Wood
3.0 out of 5 stars few remarks
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016
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it is to the point. Contrary to my expectaton, what has been given is too elementary,
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Joan Barry
4.0 out of 5 stars Good summary of these three 20th century thinkers.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2017
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A good short summary with a great glossary and guides to further reading if you are so inclined. The biographical notes and glossary are worth having.
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David L Jorgensen
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
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Good, but too brief .
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Carl King
3.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy Summaries in Short
Reviewed in Australia on September 14, 2016
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As usual I find books on Philosophy to be hard reads. This is a short book that gives a summary of the thoughts and lives of three philosophers,
Sir Karl Popper, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Michel Foucault. I found the treatment of each to be about what I would expect from Wikipedia articles. That is, they were written so that they are understandable by a layman like me. The Glossary I found particularly useful and I am sure I will refer back to it from time to time. I will probably buy other books in the series as and when my interest is aroused. It was Popper that I was interested in.
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