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Advantages: Good, straightfoward advice Disadvantages: Do not be put off by tag 'philosophy'
My first forray into philosophy and I didn't even realise! I picked up a copy of this book at my local library, as I was looking for something along the lines of 'how to improve your prospects at work', etc (ie management techniques). I was already fami ...
Advantages: A good collection of readings and essays Disadvantages: -
This philosophy book by Stumpf and Fieser is used at Ivy Tech State College as the primary text for the introduction to philosophy courses (100 level). It is a good survey of all the major topics in philosophy (from a classical Western standpoint), and in ...
Advantages: A noble quest Disadvantages: Flawed arguments
...Rene Descartes was a famous French philosopher who philosophised in the early 17th century. He is best known for this work, his Meditations on First Philosophy. He was also a successful mathmatician, and created the concepts of mnd and consciousness that ...
Advantages: The birth of modern philosophy, raises many important questions Disadvantages: Doesn't really succeed in justifying anything he sets out to do
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was a French intellectual whose works have had a significant impact upon subsequent epistemology (the philosophy of knowledge). In fact, his influences are wide-reaching; it was Descartes who came up with 'I think, therefore I a ...
Advantages: Influential, interesting from a range of perspectives Disadvantages: Not an easy read, what is it?
I think most people are familiar with the term utopia, and its use to describe "any real or imaginary state or place believed to be ideal, perfect, excellent" (Chambers dictionary). Probably far fewer are familiar with Sir Thomas More's tract of 1516, whi ...