Get Smart: Philosophy: The Big Ideas You Should Know

by Marcus Weeks

Can you master the ideas of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche and Sartre? What does 'I think, therefore I am' really mean? Do you know the arguments for and against the existence of god? And what do the great philosophers tell us about knowledge and truth, good and evil? Take Get Philosophy and learn to think and talk like history's greatest philosophical minds. Packed with bite-sized briefings, shortcuts and bluffs, Get Philosophy demystifies 50 key philosophical concepts and provides you with all you need to speak out about the very biggest ideas, The nature of reality; Free will; Ethics; Philosophy of the mind; Justice and liberty; Relativism; Utilitarianism; Capitalism and democracy; Paradoxes and fallacies; The Social Contract; Existentialism; Metaphysics; Chinese philosophy; Beauty and art; Artificial intelligence; Human rights; Analytic, Linguistic and Continental philosophy . . . and many more.

225 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 6, 2018

About the author

Marcus Weeks é colaborador frequente de enciclopédias e livros de referência, atuando também como consultor de vários títulos da editora britânica Dorling Kindersley. É autor de diversos livros, como Se liga na filosofia e O livro da psicologia.

Possui uma vasta lista de talentos e interesses. Quando não está escrevendo, é professor de música, dá aulas de inglês para estrangeiros, administra uma galeria de arte, afina e restaura pianos, é editor de música, arranjador, compositor, entre muitas outras coisas. Mora em Hastings, na Inglaterra.

Ele também escreve sob o pseudônimo: Nicholas D. Satan

Reviews

[Nilakshi Pathak · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book introduces you to the basics of Philosophy. Club it together with Crash Course Philosophy available on YouTube to get deeper insight.

[Eva Filoramo · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's an interesting format but there are some mistakes here and there. Some parts are better than others, and it's more entertaining than my high school philosophy text (which was pretty, by the way).