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Title: Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter by Donald Palmer ISBN: 0-7674-0596-X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 28 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.45 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun from Cover to Cover
Comment: Donald Palmer has made philosophy a fun event. While the text itself is very simplistic (which I believe is a plus for those who are wanting a cursory reading of the history of philosophy), the thing that stands out in this book is it's illustrations. It amazes me that illustrations could make that much difference in helping the reader understand certain philosopher's philosophy. I highly recommend this book for beginners who are wanting to get their feet wet by reading the history of philosophy. You could not begin with a better book, since this one makes you laugh, gives you greater understanding, and makes the difficult look very easy (a task that is itself very difficult to master). Palmer covers all the major philosophers from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. This book is systematically put together and has a nice selected bibliography and index. If I were a professor I might possibly consider this text for a first year intro to philosophy class.
Rating: 4
Summary: History of philosophy for nonmajors
Comment: The history of philosophy is fascinating for the ideas alone, but it is also a continuing debate among various thinkers in many different fields of study (physics, psychology, economics, anthropology...). Donald Palmer tells the story of some major thinkers of the West in simple language and illustrations, and yet manages to avoid treating the reader as a child (though a child could read this book and learn much). He provides a quick overview of Western thought from the early Greeks to twentieth century Poststructuralists for readers who are interested in philosophy but have never encountered it. This is a better introduction than Palmer's "Does the Center Hold?" which is organized by topics of philosophy rather than chronologically. However, if you are seriously interested in philosophy, you will want to read more, and he provides a good bibliography with suggestions for primary and secondary sources at the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book that gets you thinking and keeps you laughing
Comment: This book got me to look at philosophy more... It's a great book if you just need a reference, without a lot of analysis by critics, or the actual philosophers themselves, which can get mind-numbing at times. It's great to get, if just for the cartoons (you end up having to read the text to make sense out of most of the cartoons). But no, I don't know if I can explain the naked-male-prostitute-riding-on-a-bicyle cartoon, which is actually in here (and not a figment of my imagination). But don't let that keep you from buying...
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Title: Does The Center Hold?: An Introduction to Western Philosophy by Donald Palmer ISBN: 0767415809 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 27 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $52.20 |
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Title: Questions That Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy by Ed. L. Miller ISBN: 0072840706 Publisher: McGraw-Hill College Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $57.90 |
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Title: Mayfield Anthology Of Western Philosophy by Daniel Kolak ISBN: 1559349727 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 26 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $71.00 |
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Title: Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat : All The New Science Ideas You Need To Keep Up With The New Thinking by Ian Marshall, Danah Zohar ISBN: 0688161073 Publisher: Perennial Currents Pub. Date: 08 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge by Arthur Osborne ISBN: 0877280711 Publisher: Weiser Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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