At last, a book that briefly compares and contrasts the views of philosophers. The full-length works I saw in college were more than I, then studying engineering, could not give them the attention I now can.
Has anyone else read it? Is anyone else now reading it? your views?
Yes, I have read this book and find it to be a great reference book for philosophy. It highlights the important philosophical beliefs of each philosopher, and provides context that I find particularly useful. It is also the most up-to-date book I have found in that it includes modern philosophers as recent as John Rawls, Noam Chomsky, Richard Rorty, and others. I own both a hard copy and an epub version since this is now my "go-to" book for a quick reminder of the philosophy of some of the more obscure philosophers and philosophies.
Are you referring to the book by DK publishing ? There are a slew of good books out there now doing concise comparisons and intros on various philosophies and philosophers. All of which I find much more convenient than trying to read all the different works out there. Maybe itβs somewhat sac-religious but I prefer a pragmatic appproach at my age
Yes, DK. While researching and writing a book to teach myself parliamentary law I learned how to use a law library and liked being able to follow how the rulings of courts affected laws. For instance, seeing how the laws protecting speech changed. I wanted to see how philosophers opinions affected the opinions of others as the years passed. A friend showed me the DK book and I have it on my Kindle reader. I liked pragmatism from the moment I saw it.
Iβm particularly wanting to read Immanuel Kant, who along with others described the scientific method, and Karl Popper, who described falsification. Further, at that time I knew little about existentialism and did not talk back to the professor who slimed it.
I'm reading the Critique of Pure Reason at the moment and I'm really enjoying the way he describes the workings of the mind. I've read that Kant should be understood as a reply to Liebnitz and Hume to understand the context. I'll bet the DK book could be great to get the bigger picture of how all the philosophers connect to each other.
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