Philosophy Hacks: Shortcuts to 100 ideas

by Robert Arp, Martin Cohen

Discover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought. Each idea is broken down into three 1/ The helicopter view, which gives you an introduction to the idea, and some context around it. 2/ The shortcut, which gives you the core elements of the theory, along with a range of examples that everyone can understand. 3/ The hack, which is a one-liner designed to stick in your memory and give you an instant grasp of the concept.From Pascal's Wager to Kant's categorical imperative, and from Camus's Existential Nihilism to Arendt's Banality of Evil, there are 100 concepts explained. The perfect introduction to philosophy, this is a great new way to learn about the most important philosophical ideas and concepts in a way that makes them easy to recall even months after reading the book.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 27, 2018

About the author

Robert Arp, Ph.D. (Saint Louis University, 2005), has taught Philosophy at Southwest Minnesota State University, Florida State University, and many schools in Missouri, before doing postdoctoral research in ontology through the National Center for Biomedical Ontology with Mark Musen and Barry Smith at the University at Buffalo.

Reviews

[Maziyar Yf · Rating 3 out of 5]

آچار فلسفه کتابی ایست از رابرت آرپ ، فیلسوف آمریکایی . او در این کتاب کوشیده با بیانی واضح و مختصر مفاهیم و ایده های کلیدی فلسفه را شرح دهد . کتاب او به 100 فصل تقسیم شده است که هر کدام بر یک مفهوم فلسفی خاص تمرکز دارد. هر فصل به سه بخش تقسیم می شود :
نگاه هلیکوپتری: این بخش توضیح کامل تری از مفاهیم فلسفی ارائه می دهد. این بخش معمولاً با تعریف مفهوم شروع شده و سپس نویسنده به بررسی تاریخ و اهمیت آن می پردازد. همچنین شامل مثال ها و تصاویر برای کمک به خوانندگان در درک مفهوم است.
نگاه میان بر : در این بخش نویسنده از توضیحات کاسته و مستقیم ایده اصلی و عناصر محوری آن را شرح می دهد .
اشاره : این بخش به صورت مختصر و بسیار کوتاه ایده مورد نظر را بیان می کند .

آرپ تقریبا یک سوم کتاب را به فلاسفه شرق اختصاص داده است. از جمله فیلسوفان شرق که بیشتر آنها از فلسفه کهن هند و چین هستند. نویسنده در کتاب خود، به فلاسفه ایرانی زرتشت و ابن سینا، و فلاسفه عرب ابن میمون و ابن رشد نیز اشاره کرده. او کوشیده طیف گسترده ای از موضوعات فلسفی را پوشش دهد، از جمله اخلاق، مابعدالطبیعه، معرفت شناسی و منطق.
تلاش آرپ را نمی توان چندان موفق دانست ، تعداد موضوعاتی که انتخاب کرده زیاد بوده و او هر موضوعی را بسیار کم توضیح داده ، مطالب کتاب او ارتباط چندانی با هم نداشته و آرپ در ارائه یک چارچوب نظری منسجم برای ارتباط دادن این موضوعات به هم، ناکام بوده است. این دلایل آچار فلسفه را به اثری سطحی و کم عمق تبدیل کرده است .

[Mary Goth · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب نسبتاً خوبی بود. چه برای کسانی که با فلسفه آشناییت دارن ( که دانسته‌هاشون رو مرور و طبقه‌بندی می‌کنه) چه برای کسانی که هیچی از فلسفه نمی‌دونن، بهشون ایده می‌ده که چه راهی رو طی بکنن و به چه منابع و اشخاصی رجوع بکنن.

[Ghassem Hosseini · Rating 4 out of 5]

فلسفه ، بیان سختی دارد . اصولا از دیدگاه عموم ، فلسفه یعنی یک مشت کلمات خشک و بی روح که انسان را خسته می کند ولی در این کتاب با هنرمندی کامل، موضوعات مربوط به نظریه های فلسفی را به شکلی سلیس و روان بیان داشته است.
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[Ian Robertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is an ambitious task to assemble 100 reference points to summarize the 5,000 year arc of philosophy. It is even more daunting to allocate just one page of writing and another of pictures and graphics to illustrate each point. As if to scoff at the challenge, authors Arp and Cohen up the ante with an even more audacious claim: what if we don’t actually need to read the classics of philosophy because each has only a few nuggets of insight buried under pages upon pages of text. Having set a maximal hurdle, the authors deliver … with some qualifications.

Arp teaches graduate and undergraduate philosophy and humanities and has edited or authored dozens of books. Cohen is similarly prolific writer, including 101 Philosophy Problems and two reference works for the Dummies series. But while the authors are well qualified, their result needs qualification; the book is thoughtfully crafted and insightful, but not a substitute for more detailed reading of the source materials. For a book striving to maximize the utility of each word, readers will note that some of the phrasing is curious: Jesus is the son of a carpenter (why mention his father and not his mother?); and modern-day academics and critics are noted by name and institution (does their institution matter?) and in once case by nationality (an American academic from Qatar University).

Each of the 100 hacks is structured in the same, tripartite way; context (a ‘helicopter view’); explanation of the central issue (‘shortcut’); and a pithy summary of the central issue (‘hack’). Also helpful are the sidebar links, which help readers understand the temporal connections between ideas. For example, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, a pioneering feminist work highlighting the inherent inequality of the relationships between men and women, is linked to the broader contemporary feminist philosophy and to the pioneering work two and a half centuries earlier by Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Similarly, Karl Popper – one of the great philosophers of science – is linked in the sidebar to his contemporary Thomas Kuhn, who theorized about the nature of scientific revolutions, and then back centuries earlier to Francis Bacon, a pioneer of the scientific method and contributor to the scientific revolution.

Overall the 100 reference points are well chosen and ordered chronologically. Descartes’ ‘I think, therefore I am’ is the midpoint (#50), and provides symmetry between the older, and often more religious schools of thought, and the scientific, modern and post-modern schools. The Western canon dominates the second half of the book, while the pre-Cartesian schools are much more broadly representative: Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Taoism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Shinto, and Islam, and of course the Greeks.

The graphics and pictures scattered about each page give the impression of a light-touch book aimed at undergraduate students, but when combined with the authors’ expert summaries provide helpful context and highlight key points. The combined effect of the chronology, content, and layout is a pithy survey of philosophy for those new to the field, and for those with some background there are sure to be more than a few insights.

[Omid Hosseinzadeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتابی مناسب برای اینکه معنی بسیاری از مسائل فلسفی را بفهمید

[Amirreza Piw · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب جالبی هست اما برای خوندن پیوسه زیاد دلچسب نیست. ولی به عنوان کتابی که هر وقت نیاز داشتین برگردین و بهش نگاه کنید خوب بود.

[Cephalopodophil. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little philosophy book packed with the manageable chunks of theories.

[Arman · Rating 4 out of 5]

این کتاب دایره المعارف دیدگاه های مختلف فلسفیه از فلسفه شرقی و غربی قدیم تا فلسفه مدرن و قرن بیستم
اسم کتاب کاملا مضمون را توضیح داده و آچاری برای فلسفه است.
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[Moonbeam · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are into Philosophy but you don’t have the attention span to read all of the philosopher’s works, this book will definitely help you find the gist of philosophical theories. I learned a lot of 20th century philosophy in this book and it made me relate to some of the ideas. Also, well-played on putting nihilism before existentialism, which would make the reader think twice not to fall for the nihilistic ideas.

Although the authors suggested that the reader shouldn’t consume the contents chronologically, I’m more invested in reading it page by page so as to not miss anything. I recommend this to all philosophy enthusiasts especially those like me who don’t really want to read long works of early modern philosophers.

[Abhijit Gupta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't take shortcuts in journeys that are meant to be enjoyed by completing the full circuit

While it outlines some 100 odd philosophical theories, if one is intending to approach it with the aim of understanding them or getting a general idea, you will be terribly disappointed.

Philosophical concepts cannot be understood through hack books - this book has just strengthened by already existing belief

Not a recommend

[William Schram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Philosophy Hacks contains 100 philosophical theories and provides three ways to learn each.

The theories are roughly chronological.

I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.

[Amin · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب تنها برای آشنایی کلی با نظریات نوشته شده. هچنین به نظر من کمک چندانی به حفظ نمی کرد اگر چه در کل مفید و قابل استفاده بود.
«آچار فلسفه» را از طاقچه دریافت کنید
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[Mostafa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.2 stars
کتابیست مصور از انتشارات مازیار که
توصیه به خواندن آن میکنم برای دریافت فشرده مفاهیم فلسفی که بعضا پیچیده است مثل مباحث مربوط به فلسفه هگل
کتاب بسیار خوش خوان با ترجمه خوب است که میباست به قول فرانسیس بیکن آن را جوید و هضم کرد
مباحث به ترتیب تاریخ طرح آنها ارایه می شود همراه با تصاویر که دریافت مفهوم را ساده تر می کند
اگرچه در برخی موارد برای فهم بیشتر نیاز به مراجعه به مطالب بیشتر در اینترنت است