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Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton (1962 - ). Nigel Warburton is a senior lecturer at the Open University and bestselling author of several popular introductory Philosophy books including Philosophy: The Basics, Thinking from A to Z, Philosophy: The Classics, Philosophy: Basic Readings, Freedom: An Introduction with Readings, and The Art Question. He is an Honorary Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Philosophy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He can be found blogging, podcasting and twittering via his popular philosophy blog, Virtual Philosopher.

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Tyson Adams Reviews rated it

7 years ago

text A Little History of Philosophy

If by doubting your existence you prove that your doubting thoughts exist, what happens if you then doubt your doubts?A Little History of Philosophy is pretty much summed up by its title. It spends a chapter on each famous Western philosopher or movement (e.g. Aristotle gets a chapter; Sartre, Camus...

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The Boat Was My Friend rated it

12 years ago

text "I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts."

Philosophy thrives on debate. On principle. Therefore being in agreement with a thinker isn’t even a useful subjective indicator of the value of one’s ideas. Consistency within a certain framework of thinking however is. What’s lovely about this book is that the author stays true to this belief. A L...

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Kybunnies rated it

13 years ago

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**********THIS WAS A GOODREAD.COM FIRST READ CONTEST WIN!!!**********This was kind of interesting but just not what I would normally read. The author did not talk much (if any) about Eastern Philosophy. Also it seem's like he had a problem with God and the existence of God. **********THIS WAS A G...

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