Looking at philosophy : (Record no. 88222)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 17218148 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20161008120203.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 120320s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780078038266 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | PK:LaUMT |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 190 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Item number | PAL-L |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Palmer, Donald. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Looking at philosophy : |
| Remainder of title | the unbearable heaviness of philosophy made lighter / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Donald Palmer, Professor Emeritus at College of Marin (Formerly Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University). |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Sixth edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ©2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 462 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Distilled from Donald Palmer's more than thirty years of teaching experience, this text exemplifies his very successful approach to teaching introductory philosophy. Through the use of humor and nearly 400 drawings, charts, and diagrams, serious philosophical topics come alive for the reader without compromising the importance of the subject matter. In the author's words, "This book takes philosophy seriously, but not gravely.""-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Wittgenstein once said that a whole philosophy book could be written consisting of nothing but jokes. This is not that book, nor does this book treat the history of philosophy as a joke. This book takes philosophy seriously, but not gravely. As the subtitle indicates, the goal of the book is to lighten the load a bit. How to do this without simply throwing the cargo overboard? First, by presenting an overview of estern philosophy from the sixth century B.C.E. through most of the twentieth century in a way that introduces the central philosophical ideas of the West and their evolution in a concise, readable format without trivializing them, but at the same time, without pretending to have exhausted them nor to have plumbed their depths. Second, following a time-honored medieval tradition, by illuminating the margins of the text. Some of these illuminations, namely those that attempt to schematize difficult ideas, I hope will be literally illuminating. Most of them, however, are simply attempts in a lighter vein to interrupt the natural propensity of the philosophers to succumb to the pull of gravity. (Nietzsche said that only the grave lay in that direction.) But even these philosophical jokes, I hope, have a pedagogical function. They should serve to help the reader retain the ideas that are thereby gently mocked. Thirty years of teaching the subject, which I love--and which has provoked more than a few laughs on the part of my students--convinces me that this technique should work. I do not claim to have achieved Nietzsche's "joyful wisdom," but I agree with him that there is such a thing and that we should strive for it"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy |
| General subdivision | History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | American wit and humor, Pictorial. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | PHILOSOPHY / General. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UMT Main Campus | UMT Main Campus | 2016-10-08 | 190 PAL-L | 98357 | 2020-09-14 | 2016-10-08 | Books |