Foolosophy? Think Again, Sophie

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Foolosophy? Think Again, Sophie by Colin Swatridge explores the nature of philosophising, questioning the value and special status traditionally granted to Philosophy as an academic discipline. The book argues that despite millennia of debate, professional philosophers have not reached any more useful or certain answers about reality, knowledge, or ethics than ordinary thinkers. It challenges the pretensions of Philosophy and suggests that much of it remains entangled in outdated theological ideas, positioning it as a lost cause.
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This book will engage readers interested in Philosophy and Psychology, especially those curious about the practical relevance of philosophical inquiry and the critique of traditional academic philosophy.

We all philosophize at times. In so doing, we do not call ourselves Philosophers.

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We all philosophize at times. What do we do when we philosophize? We think in a rather concentrated, deep sort of way. In so doing, we do not call ourselves philosophers; it would be rather pretentious of us if we did. Philosophers are those—generally in university departments of philosophy—who think, and ask questions, about what reality is made of, what we know, and how we should behave.

Philosophers are not fools; but after two and a half thousand years, they have not come up with agreed answers to their questions that are any more useful, or certain, than thinkers who do not call themselves philosophers. Many of those who do are still caught up in the thought-forms of theology; all are in pursuit of a lost cause except those who write what might be written by thinkers in other domains. Is it not time to admit that there is nothing very special about philosophy?

Foolosophy? Think Again, Sophie by Colin Swatridge challenges the traditional view of philosophers and philosophy, proposing a fresh perspective on the nature of philosophical thought.

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ISBN: 9783838217888

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon

Edition: New edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 238g

Pages: 162

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About the Author

Dr Colin Swatridge studied Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Since 1998, he has been a visiting lecturer, in critical thinking and the art of argument, at the universities of Pannonia (Veszprém); Szeged; Pázmány Péter, and Károli Gáspár (Budapest), and Eszterházy Károli (Eger), in Hungary, and at institutions of higher education in Poland (Krosno), and Petru Maior University (Târgu Mureş) in Romania. His longstanding base has been Miskolc University in North-Eastern Hungary, where he teaches in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His previous books include An Oxford Guide to Effective Argument And Critical Thinking (Oxford University Press); A Country Full Of Aliens, and Transylvania; Truth, Myth, Perspective (both published by Corvina Books, Budapest).

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