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The Oxford
Illustrated History of Western Philosophy
What does philosophy look like? Can you
take a picture of it? The Oxford
Illustrated History of Western Philosophy
may not answer these questions, but it
manages to ask them artfully with just a
hint of schizophrenia. Sometimes it is a
concise but substantive account of the
history of Western philosophy. Other times
it is a coffee-table book that lends
itself to casual thumbing through. Pause
long enough to wonder at Kant's
silhouette, Jeremy Bentham's infamous
Panopticon, a photo of Machiavelli's
writing desk, or the Ephesian wall
painting of Socrates. The volume lives up
to its name: there are over two dozen full
color pictures -- such as Paul Gauguin's
arresting painting Where Do We Come From?
What Are We? Where Are We Going? -- and
myriad black-and-white illustrations of
all varieties.
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The Oxford
Companion to Philosophy
One of the most valuable tools for the
philosopher. Explains thousands of terms
used in philosophical thought, as well as
discussions of philosophers and
philosophical schools.
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The Oxford
Dictionary of Philosophy
Oxford also has a comprehensive
dictionary available that is excellent. If
you're really serious, you want this.
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Plato and a
Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding
Philosophy Through
Jokes
by Thomas
Cathcart and Daniel Klein
Here's a lively, hilarious,
not-so-reverent crash course through the
great philosophical traditions, schools,
concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy
101 for everyone who knows not to take all
this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of
the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do
Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?),
Philosophy of Language (how to express
what it's like being stranded on a desert
island with Halle Berry), Feminist
Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is
always a man), and much more. Finally --
it all makes sense!
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