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Philosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readersincluding students and general readerstwenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or mad' ideas. The resulting conjectures are often provocative and bold, but always clear and accessible.

Ideas discussed in the book, include:

  • propaganda need not be irrational
  • science need not be rational
  • extremism need not be bad
  • tax evasion need not be immoral
  • anarchy need not be uninviting
  • democracy need not remain as it generally is
  • humans might have immaterial souls
  • human minds might have all-but-unlimited powers
  • knowing might be nothing beyond being correct
  • space and time might not be out there' in reality

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 4/9/2024
      ISBN13: 9781032317380, 978-1032317380
      ISBN10: 1032317388
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      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Philosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readersincluding students and general readerstwenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or mad' ideas. The resulting conjectures are often provocative and bold, but always clear and accessible.

      Ideas discussed in the book, include:

      • propaganda need not be irrational
      • science need not be rational
      • extremism need not be bad
      • tax evasion need not be immoral
      • anarchy need not be uninviting
      • democracy need not remain as it generally is
      • humans might have immaterial souls
      • human minds might have all-but-unlimited powers
      • knowing might be nothing beyond being correct
      • space and time might not be out there' in reality

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