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Thinking About Ordinary Things
A Short Invitation to Philosophy
Sokol Jan
Karolinum 2013
published: November 2013
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ISBN 9788024624402 (PDF)
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ISBN 9788024630588 (mobi)
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How to teach philosophy to young dissidents, excluded from higher education by the communist regime? The author of this book, Czech philosopher, former dissident, software developer and occasional politician, tries to carry over this experience into his university lectures. It is not a talk about philosophy or philosophers, but rather an invitation: its aim is first to excite the reader's interest and to lead him or her to think philosophically by himself. In some 30 short chapters, covering a broad spectrum of topics and followed by questions, the reader is shown that philosophy is not only a special discipline, but rather a habit of thought, which can and should be applied anywhere.