Philosophy for Dummies
by Tom Morris
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Author: Tom MorrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09-17
ISBN: 0764551531
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: IDG Books
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- ISBN13: 9780764551536
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Book Review: "Philosophy and My Religion" would be a more accurate title for this book
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is not an objective introduction to the subject of philosophy, as the title implies. I was dissappointed to find alot of the authors personal beliefs in the pages, with little or no opposing viewpoints presented.
One chapter, titled "Is There a God?", contains only arguments for the existence of god, with no counter arguments presented. Nearly all the arguments that the author presents have good counter arguments that could be readily found in other books, but the author somehow "forgot" to include these. If you do read this book, I recommend reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins to get the counter arguments. Dawkins' book provide good counter arguments to each argument that this author presents.
The book is also laden with the author's judgements about the various ideas presented. There are even little markers on the pages say "great idea", or "warning", and at many points the author refers to differrent ideas as good or bad.
I usually like IDG "for dummies" books, but this one may really be "for dummies". If you want to find a good book about philosophy, look elsewhere.
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