What’s the difference... is a unique new concept for a multi book programme of popular reference and lifestyle titles.
Each book will be organized around 150 paired words and ideas that explore similarities and differences between the essential terms and topics.
The series will be presented as stylish paperbacks with flaps and bright, eye-catching cover designs to give it shelf appeal. The books will contain crystal clear text written by experts and carefully selected supporting images, providing readers will a smart, cool and collectable reference series to cherish.
Dr Adam Ferner has worked in academic philosophy both in France and the UK, but much prefers working outside the academy in youth centres and other alternative learning spaces.
He has published widely in philosophical and popular journals and has written four books, Organisms and Personal Identity (Routledge, 2016), Think Differently (Aurum, 2018) and – with Nadia Mehdi and Zara Bain – Crash Course: Philosophy (Ivy, 2019). His fourth book, How to Disagree (Aurum, 2019) is co-authored with Darren Chetty. He is currently co-writing his fifth book, Philosophical Empires, with Chris Meyns, forthcoming in 2020.
He is an associate editor of the Forum’s Essays. He is interested in co-authoring and writing collaborations where credit for intellectual labour is apportioned fairly and appropriately remunerated. With this in mind that he set up the Changelings writing group at a youth hub in Finsbury Park.
An interesting concept of a book. When I was in philosophy class, this was a concept the professor taught. What’s the difference between these words and let’s debate this. I hated the class, but I hated it because it was very uncomfortable. Now, I’m reading more philosophy books. Let’s go!