Philosophy A to Z: Essays for Cafe Philosophy

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Author: Michael Picard, PhD ISBN: 9780968632819
Publisher: Michael Picard, PhD Publication: June 8, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Michael Picard, PhD
ISBN: 9780968632819
Publisher: Michael Picard, PhD
Publication: June 8, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

A collection of essays and other texts of popular philosophy written by best-selling author, Michael Picard, MSc PhD, the MIT-trained philosopher who has facilitated hundreds of Cafe Philosophy dialogues with the public, for which the entries in this accidental lexicon were composed. Intended to stimulate readers' thoughts prior to public participatory philosophy sessions, Picard's writing invites the reader on a tour de force of the philosophical dimensions of contemporary life.

This anti-dictionary explodes the meanings of philosophically-intriguing concepts as it defines and un-defines them. Written by MIT-trained philosopher and author of best-selling This is not a Book (2007), this unique alphabetical collection of provocative essays and other texts tease and treat the reader to fresh and foreign perspectives on dozens of philosophy topics of interest to thinking public and critical seekers anywhere. At times playful or profound, alternately skeptical and reverential, the entries in this philosophical lexicon push paradox and pull for pluralism, spanning the vast range of philosophy, ancient and modern, East and West, social and spiritual, moral and metaphysical, and yet more. This book is for people yearning to explore have fun gaining new perspectives and thinking for themselves, and ready to have their minds ignited by the curious, all-consuming questioning spirit of philosophy.

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A collection of essays and other texts of popular philosophy written by best-selling author, Michael Picard, MSc PhD, the MIT-trained philosopher who has facilitated hundreds of Cafe Philosophy dialogues with the public, for which the entries in this accidental lexicon were composed. Intended to stimulate readers' thoughts prior to public participatory philosophy sessions, Picard's writing invites the reader on a tour de force of the philosophical dimensions of contemporary life.

This anti-dictionary explodes the meanings of philosophically-intriguing concepts as it defines and un-defines them. Written by MIT-trained philosopher and author of best-selling This is not a Book (2007), this unique alphabetical collection of provocative essays and other texts tease and treat the reader to fresh and foreign perspectives on dozens of philosophy topics of interest to thinking public and critical seekers anywhere. At times playful or profound, alternately skeptical and reverential, the entries in this philosophical lexicon push paradox and pull for pluralism, spanning the vast range of philosophy, ancient and modern, East and West, social and spiritual, moral and metaphysical, and yet more. This book is for people yearning to explore have fun gaining new perspectives and thinking for themselves, and ready to have their minds ignited by the curious, all-consuming questioning spirit of philosophy.

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