Philosophical Provocations Volume 1 [Kindle Edition]

Michael LaBossiere (Author)

Book Description

This collection includes concise philosophical essays on topics ranging from the problem of evil to the relevance of Plato to risk compensation. The book covers the following general categories:

God, Faith and Related Matters
Metaphysics & Other Madness
Aesthetics
Social & Political Thought
Ethics
Eating Ethics
Being a Man
Thinking & Feeling

While the book was written by a professional philosopher, being provoked by the essays requires no special background in philosophy. The intended provocation is a positive one, namely to encourage the reader to see matters in what might be a new light (as opposed to provoking the reader in a negative way, which might lead to damage to expensive electronic devices).

Product Details

• File Size: 995 KB
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007ZW8FIA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,857 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Michael LaBossiere is a guy from Maine who went to school in Ohio and ended up a philosophy professor in Florida.

While acquiring his doctorate in philosophy at Ohio State University, he earned his ramen noodle money by writing for GDW, TSR, R. Talsorian Games, and Chaosium. After graduate school, he became a philosophy professor at Florida A&M University. His first philosophy book, What Don't You Know?, was published in 2008. He continues to write philosophy and gaming material. He is also a blogger, but these days who isn't?

When not writing, he enjoys running, gaming and the martial arts. Thanks to a quadriceps tendon tear in 2009, he was out of running for a while, but returned to the trails and wrote a book about it, Of Tendon & Trail.