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Title: 101 Philosophy Problems by Martin Cohen ISBN: 0-415-26129-5 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good intro to philosophy in general.
Comment: From the basics of ethics through the considerations of existence to the importance of the soul - this book provides simple anecdotes implementing the major questions in philosophy. It allows the reader to ponder upon the answers but in addition, it provides a semi-answer guide in the back, which even though it doesn't explain everything to the reader's satisfaction, it points to the areas in philosophy where such questions may be answered to a greater extent. A nice guide through philosophy organizing in a way the paths an amateur philosopher will have to travel to satisfy his curiousity about the world from the philosophical point of view.
I recommend it for beginners in philosophy as well as hardcore philosophers with low self-esteem. 101 Philosophy Problems doesn't treat you like an idiot but at the same time it provides the basis for more answers.
Rating: 5
Summary: masterpiece of eccentric genius
Comment: I have read both the English edition and now have the Chinese edition too. I quite agree with what it says about the book, viz: this is a masterpiece of eccentric genius with a world-sweeping humorous philosophy. After all, does philosophy have to be cut and dried and boring? Dr Martin Cohen, would never agree even if he has to be bitten to death twice, as the Chinese proverb has it. Because what he hates most, are those boring philosophic theories and the boring philosophers. In the book, he even suggests some philosophers are like vampires, shuddering and covering their eyes in fear and loathing at the clarity of a well-constructed sentence.
The humorous Dr Martin Cohen is in fact the editor of the Philosopher, the highly respected English Journal, founded in 1923, for which the famous John Dewey, Bertrand Russell and so on used to write, as well as the frequent stirrer of waves and blower of wind in today's British philosophical world.
In his book, Dr Cohen has collected 101 interesting Philosophy Problems. Together with his humorous and sharp commentary, these provide readers with a unique experience and in-depth understanding that philosophy is actually a game which everyone is able to play.
The readers, as if charmed by Martin's spell, will follow his instructions and dance with him. The book has been translated into many other languages. Dr Martin Cohen says, "if the boring philosophers find this all too easy, let them answer some of the questions!"
Rating: 4
Summary: almost iconoclastic
Comment: MYWYB2's main problem with the book (see review below) -- apart from alleged problems with style and translation -- is that he seems to miss its point. "Philosophy Problems" covers more or less the entire depth and breadth of philosophy, in other words an entire library.
This is not a book for experts, it is a wonderful appetiser for people who do not have an awful lot of experience with philosophy. Cohen's achievement is to break things down for those readers and at the same time to narrate tongue-in-cheek and in a way that makes it quite clear that behind his brief answers, there is whole world to be discovered. He does not pretend to know it all, but challenges readers to think and to discover things for themselves. In my opinion, the charm of the book is exactly its incompleteness, its almost iconoclastic freshness. It is a book many philosophers would like to have written --
Maybe that explains mywyb2's editorial furore.
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Title: 101 Ethical Dilemmas by Martin Cohen ISBN: 0415261279 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Astonish Yourself!: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger-Pol Droit ISBN: 0142003131 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: This Book Will Change Your Life: 365 Daily Instructions for Hysterical Living by Benrik ISBN: 0452284899 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Philosophy: The Basics by Nigel Warburton ISBN: 0415146941 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston ISBN: 0872205525 Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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