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Donald Palmer (Author)
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An entertaining odyssey through the history of Western philosophy explores the contributions of Socrates, Aristotle, Descartes, Mill, Dewey, Heidegger, and others; examines the role of women philosophers; and provides an extensive bibliography. Original.

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Born in San Jose, California, Donald Palmer spent most of his life in California, except for several years studying, traveling, and eventually, living abroad. Donald Palmer holds both B.A and M.A. in Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. He has published numerous articles and textbooks including: Why It's Hard to Be Good: Introduction to Ethical Theory; Does the Center Hold? An Introduction to Western Philosophy and Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good primer, Sep 8 2002
This review is from: Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Paperback)
I use this textbook as an introductory guide to Philosophy at a small state college. The students like it, and can actually get through it, and yet it is smart, and doesn't dumb down big ideas.

This book is just wonderful, and the author even has a sense of humor. From this, we go on to Seinfeld and Philosophy, and finally Cohen's book A Philosophical Approach to Jokes, if that's the right name. Of these, Palmer's book is far and away the most helpful.

I wish there was just a little bit more about the importance of these ideas as they are reflected in the polis. For instance, he goes through the ideas of Hobbes but doesn't talk about where they lead, or the social implications of his ideas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best philosophy book ever!, Feb 14 2002
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This review is from: Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Paperback)
...P>I read this book when I was in eighth grade. Granted some of it was a little abstract for me, but I loved the way it presented everything in a straightforward manner. I wish that I didn't lose my copy of it, because I want to reference it now that I am in college!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book!, Jan 30 2002
This review is from: Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Paperback)
This is perhaps, the best introductory book on philosophy that exists. Palmer, as usual, presents philosophy in this book in a manner that both explains the underlying assumptions and meanings of philosophy and answers the question, why should we care about philosophy. Any work by Palmer is worth reading.
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