{"id":264,"date":"2011-10-03T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T16:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vince-inc.com\/vincent\/?p=264"},"modified":"2011-10-08T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T17:13:48","slug":"feisty-fragments-for-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vince-inc.com\/vincent\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Feisty Fragments: For Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

FEISTY\u00a0FRAGMENTS:\u00a0For Philosophy
\n<\/strong>Vincent F. Hendricks
\nKing’s College Publications, October 2004
\nISBN 190498701X
\nPaperback
\nList price: \u00a313 \/ $24<\/p>\n


\nBlurbs<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Abstract<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Table\u00a0 of<\/a>\u00a0Contents<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Cover<\/a><\/p>\n

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It\u00a0is a wonderful collection with a fine presentation. We’re all\u00a0enjoying everything from Quine (of course)\u00a0<\/span>and Queen Victoria to Charlie Brown.
\n— Douglas\u00a0B. Quine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


\nOrder Feisty Fragments: For Philosophy at Amazon: <\/span>UK<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/a>BLURBS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Many\u00a0philosophers have a personal collection of quotes that cut through\u00a0protocol and jargon to say something important in just a few words.\u00a0Hendricks has done us all a great favour by bringing so many good ones\u00a0together. Professionals will chuckle while savouring the very real\u00a0insights. They will offer copies to non-philosophical friends who never\u00a0could understand what philosophers do for a living. Inevitably, they\u00a0will borrow some of the quotes to open or close their lectures… Enjoy\u00a0them in whatever way takes your fancy, in any order you please.
\n<\/span>– David Makinson<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0King’s College, London<\/p>\n

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Since\u00a0philosophy is a paradoxical enterprise, in various ways, there is a need\u00a0for meta-reflection on the nature of this activity. Hendricks has given\u00a0us a wide-ranging collection of witty and intelligent <\/span>aphorisms\u00a0<\/span>that put philosophizing in focus and help us restore our sense of\u00a0wonder. My personal favorite is this remark by Robert Nozick, himself\u00a0one of the masters of philosophical argument: “Why are philosophers\u00a0intent on forcing others to believe things? Is that a nice way to behave\u00a0towards someone?” Indeed, why? Does the coerciveness of arguments argue\u00a0in their disfavor?
\n<\/span>– Wlodek\u00a0Rabinowicz<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0Lund University<\/p>\n

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Funny, provocative, informative: this is a book for all those\u00a0readers who want to learn more about philosophy, and for those\u00a0philosophers who want to learn more about the world. Organized as a\u00a0collection of pungent aphorisms and citations, Feisty Fragments\u00a0gives the pulse of this ancient discipline through the words of its\u00a0practitioners, from Socrates to Charlie Brown.
\n<\/span>– Achille Varzi,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Columbia University, New York<\/p>\n

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<\/a>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feisty Fragments is a collection of more\u00a0than 400 quotations from people from all walks of life expressing their\u00a0rather critical and often quite humorous takes on both philosophy and\u00a0philosophers – from Nietzsche to Einstein, from Catherine the Great to\u00a0John F. Kennedy.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>TABLE OF CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Preface
\n<\/span>Acknowledgements
\nA-Z
\nBibliography
\nIndex<\/p>\n

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<\/a>COVER<\/strong><\/p>\n


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