Philosophy on the go / Joey Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Joey.

Series:

The bathroom professor

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Introductions.

Philosophy.

Philosophy--Miscellanea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Running, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wildly entertaining, the fun and informative lessons delve into the philosophies of ancient and moderns alike

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; What is Philosophy?; What Socrates Said; Famous Philosophy Majors; Complex Philosophic Ideas Made Simple; Plato vs. Play-Doh; Those Darn Dialogues; Nagging Question #1: How Many Philosophers Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb?; Everyone Loves Aristotle; What Aristotle Said; Philosophy's Greatest Hits; The Myth of the Cave; The Universe and Reality; Philosophy Goes Hollywood: The World According to Animal House; Fun With Philosophy: Zeno's Paradoxes; What Is Reality?; Philosophy Goes Hollywood: Reality According to the Wizard of Oz

What Were They Thinking?: ManCrazy Over Confucius; What Confucius Said; I Am; Philosophy Goes Hollywood: The Phenomenology of Dark Star; Freaky Philosophers; Who Does Man Think He Is Anyway?; Philosophy; What Were They Thinking? Good Versus Evil; Bringing Home the Bacon; What Bacon Said (Or Bacon Bits); Hard-Boiled Philosophy; The Golden Rule According to Ten World Religions; The Golden Rule According to Ten Philosophers; Nagging Question #2: ""Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?""; Who Says I Kant?; What Kant Said; Just What Is Good and Evil?; Does God Exist?; ""God is dead.""

Oh Yeah? Prove God Exists!The World's Greatest Philosophers; What's Happening With Hobbes; What Hobbes Said; Nagging Question #3: Can God Make A Rock So Big That Even He Can't Lift It?; What They Said About God; Fate Vs. Free Will; No Metamorphosis; Desperately Seeking Descartes; What Descartes Said; Philosophies That Failed; Nagging Question #4: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?; Taking Spinoza For a Spin; What Spinoza Said; The Soul and Death; Philosophy Kills; Hangin' With Hume; What Hume Said; Where Is The Soul Located?; Beware of Voltaire; What Voltaire Said; Take the Nestea Plunge

Grave Issues: Where Are the Great Philosophers of All Time Buried?What They Said About Death; Modern Philosophy; Nasty Nietzsche; What Nietzsche Said; Overman Versus the Nazi Menace; Ideas About Ideas; The Shirley Partridge Philosophy; Cuckoo for Kierkegaard; What Kierkegaard Said; What They Said About Ideas; Smart Babes: Nine Female Philosophers; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-263) and index.

ISBN:

0-7624-3405-8

OCLC:

712016118