{"product_id":"philosophical-tales-isbn-9781405140362","title":"Philosophical Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lover of philosophical ideas and practiced debunker of intellectual sham, Martin Cohen knocks some thirty important philosophers from Socrates to Derrida off their pedestals, and presents in a series of philosophical tales various aspects of their thought, life and personality which few of us ever suspected.”\u003cbr\u003e Zenon Stavrinides, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bradford\u003c\/i\u003e  Forward!. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Use this Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tales.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI The Ancients.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Socrates the Sorcerer (469–399 bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Different Forms of Plato (ca. 427–347 bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle the Aristocrat (384–ca. 322 bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII More Ancients.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Lao Tzu Changes into Nothing (6th–5th c. bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Pythagoras Counts Up to Ten (ca. 570–495 bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Heraclitus Chooses the Dark Side of the River (ca. 5th c. bce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hypatia Holds Up Half of the Sky (ca. 370–415 ce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Medieval Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Augustine the Hippocrite (354–430 ce).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 St. Thomas Aquinas Disputes the Existence of God (1225–1274).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Modern Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Descartes the Dilettante (1596–1650).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Hobbes Squares the Circle (1588–1679).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Spinoza Grinds Himself Away… (1632–1677).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Enlightened Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 John Locke Invents the Slave Trade (1632–1704).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Many Faces of David Hume (1711–1776).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Rousseau the Rogue (1712–1778).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Immanuel Kant, the Chinaman of Königsburg (1724–1804).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI The Idealists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Gottfried Leibniz, the Thinking Machine (1646–1716).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Bishop Berkeley’s Bermuda College (1685–1753).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Headmaster Hegel’s Dangerous History Lesson (1770–1831).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Arthur Schopenhauer and the Little Old Lady (1788–1860).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII The Romantics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Seduction of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Mill’s Poetical Turn (1806–1873).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Henry Thoreau and Life in the Shed (1817–1862).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Marx’s Revolutionary Materialism (1818–1883).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII Recent Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Russell Denotes Something (1872–1970).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Ripping Yarn of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Heidegger’s Tale (and the Nazis) (1889–1976).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Benjamin Lee Whorf and the Color Pinker (ca. 1900–1950).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Being Sartre and Not Definitely Not Being Beauvoir (1905–1980 and not 1908–1986).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Deconstructing Derrida (1930–2004).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholarly Appendix: Women in Philosophy, and Why There Aren’t Many.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Sources and Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  “We need more stories in philosophy, and Martin Cohen aims to fill this lacuna with \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. [This book] is intended for a general audience interested in a satirical introduction to overlooked aspects of Western philosophy and the lives of the great philosophers.  \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e does tell a number of interesting stories, and any instructor of philosophy will find it handy to have these stories available to enliven a class.  Instructors will also find it valuable to use these philosophical tales to raise a compelling question: is a philosophy only as good as the philosopher who proposes it?” (\u003ci\u003eTeaching Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2009)   \u003cp\u003e\"Great philosophers only become well known after their deaths. Indeed, to speak of contemporary celebrity philosophers is oxymoronic. Still, one can't help wondering who amongst living philosophers will merit future Philosophical Tales. (\u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, Autumn 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher and writer specializing in philosophy, ethics and education, with a special interest in computing. His books include \u003ci\u003e101 Philosophy Problems\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edn., 2001), \u003ci\u003ePolitical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003e101 Ethical Dilemmas\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005). He has been editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e since 1995.  Was Socrates really the saintly figure he became for later philosophy? Why is it doubtful that Descartes ever really uttered, “\u003ci\u003eI think, therefore I am\u003c\/i\u003e”? And what did Sartre have against waiters, anyway? The history of philosophy is filled with great tales – many of them fictions, misrepresentations, falsehoods, lies, and fibs. Or are they just misstatements, prevarications, and narratives not entirely based on fact? In the true spirit of a broad philosophical debate, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e dips a toe into the great sea of philosophy to collect, deconstruct, and relate many of history’s great – and not so great – philosophical tales. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnlightening and entertaining, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e examines a few of the fascinating biographical details of history’s greatest philosophers (alas, mostly men) and highlights their contributions to the field. By applying the true philosophical approach to philosophy itself, the text provides us with a refreshing “alternative history” of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut why should someone want to know that Kant rolled himself three times in his sheets each night before sleeping, that Schopenhauer pushed a poor old lady down the stairs, or that Marx spent as much time on beer and women as he did in the British Library? By examining the seeming trivialities of philosophers’ lives – and skewering a few cherished myths along the way – \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e provides us with illuminating insights that will encourage a more active, critical way of thinking. Blaise Pascal may have put it best when he said, “\u003ci\u003eTo make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e “A lover of philosophical ideas and practiced debunker of intellectual sham, Martin Cohen knocks some thirty important philosophers from Socrates to Derrida off their pedestals, and presents in a series of philosophical tales various aspects of their thought, life and personality which few of us ever suspected.” – \u003ci\u003eZenon Stavrinides, University of Bradford\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989775270117,"sku":"NP9781405140362","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405140362.jpg?v=1761785432","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/philosophical-tales-isbn-9781405140362","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}