大時代的哲學

by 好青年荼毒室

「這是最好的時代，這是最壞的時代。」──狄更斯如是說。⁣
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如果歲月靜好，我們不問今日何日，上班下班，吃飯睡覺，然後老去死亡。但假如時代動蕩，即使我們不質疑時代，時代也會向我們發問。種族、民主、環境、科技、愛情，無一不成問題。大時代的哲學，時代問，我們亦問。⁣
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「好青年荼毒室」於《大時代的哲學》再展哲學思辨之旅，立足於時代，回應着時代，不囿於時代。望對諸君有所啟發。

Genres: Philosophy

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2020

Reviews

[Wing · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of essays written by philosophy graduates. Some of them presumably teach in universities. On the whole, it is very uneven and generally disappointing. Most of the essays commit the problems of begging the question and attacking the straw man. Worse, although the first introductory essay lauds the Socratic method, subsequent ones couldn’t resist the temptation of offering answers — usually wrong — and moralising. In the twenty first century, most so-called philosophical questions are better answered by other disciplines such as psychology and economics. The role of philosophy is to identify and clarify points of contention. It is decidedly not to provide dogmatic answers. Many authors in this book masquerade their opinions as leading or rhetorical questions. These are sometimes not even thinly veiled. In having said all these, the book does stimulate the reader to think from fresh perspectives about interesting and pertinent topics. However, the reader does need some background skills in rational thinking to start with, otherwise he or she will possibly be seduced to draw absurd conclusions. Three stars.

[MWY · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

蘇格拉底曾說，「未經審視的人生不值得活」。但過去幾年經歷社運、疫情高低起伏，要客觀地審視大時代並不容易。《大時代的哲學》則以哲學角度宏觀政治、文化、科技、以至日常生活，並在這些貼近生活，貼近時代的議題進行反思：民主可以當飯吃嗎？我們有道德義務對抗極權嗎？

在後社運年代，我們可以做的，不多。然而，「儘管我們不必做盡一切作為，但誓不可無所作為」。法國地下抗爭組織 Invisible Committee 於《致同路人》提出，即使社會運動沉入低潮，抗爭者仍有責任去留意、明白、及了解各種社會現象，從而看透當權者的一舉一動：「無知、急躁和疏忽才是敵人。真理始於抗爭。」

我為《大時代的哲學》評四星。

[ZC · Rating 5 out of 5]

就現代人及香港人所面對的處境，從哲學角度引導讀者反思背後真正在面對著一個甚樣的時代，以及哲學家有何資源協助讀者思考這些問題。