{"product_id":"extreme-philosophy-bold-ideas-and-a-spirit-of-progress-paperback","title":"Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Hetherington\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. \u003ci\u003eExtreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers-including students and general readers-twenty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeas discussed in the book, include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003epropaganda need not be irrational\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003escience need not be rational\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eextremism need not be bad\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003etax evasion need not be immoral\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eanarchy need not be uninviting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edemocracy need not remain as it generally is\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehumans might have immaterial souls\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehuman minds might have all-but-unlimited powers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eknowing might be nothing beyond being correct\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003espace and time might not be 'out there' in reality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003evalue might be \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e foundational part of reality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003evalue might differ in an infinitely repeating reality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereality is One\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereality is vague\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn brief, the volume pursues \u003ci\u003eadventures\u003c\/i\u003e in philosophy. This spirit of philosophical risk-taking and openness to new, 'large' ideas were vital to philosophy's ancient origins, and they may also be fertile ground today for philosophical \u003ci\u003eprogress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Hetherington \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and former Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Epistemology?\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eDefining Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge UP, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50340359471341,"sku":"9781032317380","price":103.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/PtDcP4rJ9u9781032317380.webp?v=1785126817","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/extreme-philosophy-bold-ideas-and-a-spirit-of-progress-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}