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What If....Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy by Peg Tittle (5-May-2004) Paperback
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Peg Tittle
23 books13 followersEpubs/pdfs of my books are available for FREE download at https://www.hellyeahimafeminist.com and https://www.pegtittle.com.
Peg Tittle (pegtittle.com) has written seven novels to date: Fighting Words: notes for a future we won't have, Jess, Gender Fraud: a fiction (category finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award competition), Impact, It Wasn't Enough (also a category finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award competition), What Happened to Tom (on Goodreads' list of Fiction Books That Opened Your Eyes To A Social Or Political Issue), and Exile.
She has also written several non-fiction books including Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off, What If? Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy (Taylor & Francis), and Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason (Routledge).
Her screenplays (including What Happened to Tom and Exile) have placed in several competitions, including Moondance, Fade-In, GimmeCredit, WriteMovies, Scriptapalooza, and American Gem. Aiding the Enemy has been produced as a short by David McDonald.
She was a columnist for the Ethics and Emerging Technologies website for a year (one of her pieces received 35,000 hits, making it #3 of the year, and another received 34,000 hits, making it #5 of the year), The Philosopher Magazine's online philosophy café for eight years, and Philosophy Now for two years. In addition, her short commentary pieces have also been published in Humanist in Canada, Links, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Inroads, Elenchus, South Australian Humanist Post, Forum, and The Humanist. Her longer pieces have appeared in Free Inquiry, The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, New Humanist, The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, and Sexuality & Culture: an interdisciplinary journal. And she's had a list published at McSweeney's ("Why Feminist Manuscripts Aren't Getting Published Today"). She now blogs (sporadically) at pegtittle.com and hellyeahimafeminist.com.
She has an M.A. in Philosophy, a B.Ed., and a B.A. in Literature, and has received over twenty Arts Council grants.
Peg Tittle (pegtittle.com) has written seven novels to date: Fighting Words: notes for a future we won't have, Jess, Gender Fraud: a fiction (category finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award competition), Impact, It Wasn't Enough (also a category finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award competition), What Happened to Tom (on Goodreads' list of Fiction Books That Opened Your Eyes To A Social Or Political Issue), and Exile.
She has also written several non-fiction books including Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off, What If? Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy (Taylor & Francis), and Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason (Routledge).
Her screenplays (including What Happened to Tom and Exile) have placed in several competitions, including Moondance, Fade-In, GimmeCredit, WriteMovies, Scriptapalooza, and American Gem. Aiding the Enemy has been produced as a short by David McDonald.
She was a columnist for the Ethics and Emerging Technologies website for a year (one of her pieces received 35,000 hits, making it #3 of the year, and another received 34,000 hits, making it #5 of the year), The Philosopher Magazine's online philosophy café for eight years, and Philosophy Now for two years. In addition, her short commentary pieces have also been published in Humanist in Canada, Links, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Inroads, Elenchus, South Australian Humanist Post, Forum, and The Humanist. Her longer pieces have appeared in Free Inquiry, The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, New Humanist, The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, and Sexuality & Culture: an interdisciplinary journal. And she's had a list published at McSweeney's ("Why Feminist Manuscripts Aren't Getting Published Today"). She now blogs (sporadically) at pegtittle.com and hellyeahimafeminist.com.
She has an M.A. in Philosophy, a B.Ed., and a B.A. in Literature, and has received over twenty Arts Council grants.
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April 1, 2019
Srpski prevod moze biti dosta bolji, zadrzane su konstrukcije recenica sa engleskog. Prevodilac je doktor filozofije i ogromna je steta sto nema ni jedne jedine njegove fusnote. Mogao je slobodno da nam pojasni neke termine . Kako ja da znam koji Duh Barkli referencira??
Pored tih sitnica, knjiga je super i dosta mi je pomogla oko nesanice. Izgleda da me je do zore drzalo nekvalitetno razmisljanje.
Pored tih sitnica, knjiga je super i dosta mi je pomogla oko nesanice. Izgleda da me je do zore drzalo nekvalitetno razmisljanje.
March 1, 2014
I've been doing research for an upcoming book, and of all the collections of philosophical thought experiments I've read, this is by far the best. It is accessible, uses text from primary sources, and is very well edited. The final entry in the book -- which I won't spoil for you -- was an instant favorite of mine.
My only real problem with the book is its price (almost $40 for a paperback on Amazon). I assume it's because this is being used as a textbook somewhere.
My only real problem with the book is its price (almost $40 for a paperback on Amazon). I assume it's because this is being used as a textbook somewhere.
September 25, 2017
Эта книга, собравшая более ста мысленных экспериментов, что-то вроде задачника по философии. Только стоит иметь в виду, что постановка интересных задач это уже и есть философия. Ценность задачи не сводит к решению (их в книге и нет).
Книга может быть хорошим введением в философию, которое спасает от риска начать с Платона и Аристотеля и никогда не дойти до проблем телепортации и искусственного интеллекта.
Книга может быть хорошим введением в философию, которое спасает от риска начать с Платона и Аристотеля и никогда не дойти до проблем телепортации и искусственного интеллекта.
December 9, 2021
Very thought-provoking! Loved reading short extracts of different thought experiments, but I would've wanted to see more of the author's thoughts, because the few sentences he included are very insightful too!
July 24, 2019
Mala enciklopedija filozofskih misaonih ''eksperimenata''. Korisna i informativna, mada nije namenjena hronološkom čitanju koliko nalaženju odredjenih referenci po potrebi. Posebno prilagodjena razvitku radoznalosti u srednjoškolskom uzrastu, ali vredna i starijim čitaocima. Filozofsko predznanje koristi, ali nije neophodno.
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