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funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
elinepeline's review
A great introduction to the world of philosophy for beginners. As a more advanced student I found the book a bit simple, but I truly recommend it to people that don't know where to start.
accidentalmuse's review
4.0
This was quite a nice book to read. Usually when people think of philosophy: Mindfuck and heavy reading comes to mind, but this was a pleasant change.
Stephen Law has managed to think of 7 'files' each with a different statement, in each file there are debates and arguments supporting and opposing each of the claims. What I liked about the books was that the author explained everything in a down to earth way, in the way that a teenager/child would be more likely to understand whilst still maintaining this philosophical air about it.
I have to admit at some point I was totally and utterly confused, for example when he was explaining the different ways of perceiving morality that it was just expressing yourself but it was also making a claim.
and now, when I think about it more deeply... It still doesn't make any more sense then he did, I really found the way he tried to explain that was a bit rushed in some ways.
As I've said Stephen Law uses examples and conversations for all of his statements so most of the time instead of complete and utter confusion I was like this baby here:
And this dude here:
I would think this would be a great book for children interested in philosophy and as a beginners book, it's obviously not showing us anything in the greatest depth as some people have gone too but it certainly gives you enough to think about. 4 stars from me.
Stephen Law has managed to think of 7 'files' each with a different statement, in each file there are debates and arguments supporting and opposing each of the claims. What I liked about the books was that the author explained everything in a down to earth way, in the way that a teenager/child would be more likely to understand whilst still maintaining this philosophical air about it.
I have to admit at some point I was totally and utterly confused, for example when he was explaining the different ways of perceiving morality that it was just expressing yourself but it was also making a claim.
and now, when I think about it more deeply... It still doesn't make any more sense then he did, I really found the way he tried to explain that was a bit rushed in some ways.
As I've said Stephen Law uses examples and conversations for all of his statements so most of the time instead of complete and utter confusion I was like this baby here:
And this dude here:
I would think this would be a great book for children interested in philosophy and as a beginners book, it's obviously not showing us anything in the greatest depth as some people have gone too but it certainly gives you enough to think about. 4 stars from me.
emilyhems's review
funny
informative
medium-paced
5.0
A funny and entertaining presentation of common philosophy thought experiments.
misszoe's review
5.0
I bought this several years ago when I was much younger and I loved it back then and I still love it today. Philosophical problems explained rather easily so that everyone can understand them. I like it.
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