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The Slightest Philosophy
by
Quee Nelson (Goodreads Author)
"Terrific. .The dialogues are great fun. I sat back and enjoyed it."---William H. Shaw "Total devastation. Splendid book. An absolutely first class piece of work."---Antony Flew Some say we can't really know anything, unless we first irrationally accept some things blindly on faith. Is that true? And what is truth, anyway? Is objective truth a bankrupt ...more
Paperback, 296 pages
Published
July 19th 2007
by Dog Ear Publishing
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Let me know if you have any information about this author, because he/she is fairly insightful. I'm only about halfway through as of today. It's divided into 1) a long-essay and 2) Socratic dialogue. The author takes a look at where Postmodern thought has arrived, critiqueing such old guys as Hume, Hegel, Kant, and even Descarte and Montaigne and Rorty a little bit too. The book repeatedly presents Kant and Hume's conclusion about the impossibility of knowledge by empiricism/rationalism. Al...more
Wonderful philosophical analysis of epistemological skepticism.
This book made me want to believe in postmodernism. It is one of the most poorly explicated philosophical arguments I've ever read. It's snarky, immature, unfair, and riddled with unrealized assumptions and fallacies. The majority of the book is written in a dialogue form, though I suspect this was an attempt by the author to hide her inability to formulate any sort of solid/coherent position.
It is the philisophical equivalent of burying your head in the sand.
Don't read ...more
It is the philisophical equivalent of burying your head in the sand.
Don't read ...more
Using a wonderful dialogic style the author raises doubts about the viability of philosophical skepticism. The result is an analysis of skepticism, its' nature and history all done in a clever way that helps the reader understand the arguments. The book provides detail analysis in a rarely used approach to philosophy that nonetheless has influential antecedents. In doing so the analysis presented appeared quite comprehensive to this reader who, while fairly well-read in general philosophy, ha...more
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I love all the excerpts from the book I have seen so far. Several friends have reported loving the book. The author is very insightful and knows her economics - amazing for a philosopher!
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It is on my shelf and waiting for my attention! I have enjoyed the author;'s comments on an econ discussion group and look forward to reading what she has to say about philosophy.
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