Instant Philosophy

by Gareth Southwell

Instant Philosophy pulls together all the pivotal philosophical knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant.

From Nietzsche to Nozick, empiricism to solipsism, Pascal's wager to Ockham's razor, every key figure, discovery or idea is explained with succinct and lively text and graphics.

Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes philosophy interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know is here.

Genres: Philosophy

176 pages, Paperback

Published September 3, 2020

About the author

Gareth Southwell is a writer, illustrator and philosopher who lives in South Wales in the UK. He has a PhD in death, which has been read by exactly four people (including himself). His first novel MUNKi is just a thinly fictionalised version of this, with most of the boring bits taken out and replaced with robots and people swearing in Welsh. Sign up to his monthly email list for news, views, and free stories from the MUNKi universe. For more information on his sci-fi and philosophy writing, or his book cover and design work, please visit garethsouthwell.com .

Reviews

[Kaitlyn Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great intro for a total beginner like me. I flagged pages as I went to read books that go more in depth on topics I'm interested in. I think sometimes the bite sizedness was limiting, but that's kind of the point. Sometimes I'd finish a page and have no idea what the main idea of that particular philosophical movement was actually saying, but I got enough of an idea to want to study further. It also put all of recorded human history's philosophy in context because of how condensed it was, which was super cool.

[Alvaro Sánchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro me gustó porque para uno que le gusta la filosofía pero tiene algunos huecos, hace un recorrido de los conceptos más importantes en la historia de la filosofía para que tú luego ahondes en los conceptos que más te interesan

[Largo Vanderkelen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Geweldig boek! Prachtige inleiding. Een echte aanrader!!

[Marcial Pedrero Salas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy gráfico y didáctico.

[S. W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

4'5 ⭐
Me siento Socrates paseando por el Ágora después de que el oráculo de Delfos dijera que soy el hombre más sensato e inteligente de Grecia