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Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

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I am a philosophy instructor, and I chose this book last summer in my first intro to philosophy course.

The selections are very short and ecclectic. To object to the book on this basis is rather disingenuous because one should know that about this book prior to selecting it. That is one of the main selling points of the book for others.

This book really worked for me and my students because I wanted to give them short tastes from a broad spectrum of philosophical topics and authors. Since philosophy includes such a diversity of topics, writing styles, and time periods, and because philosophy is not so much about reading the one true theory as about discussing many contrasting viewpoints, and because you never know what kind of philosophy each student will gravitate towards (some love Nietzsche, while others prefer Socrates), it is a nice thing to be able to expose a class to such a wide array of topics, time periods, and styles from which to begin their philosophical researches.

I required supplemental readings (available online) for those philosphers that we wanted to spend more time on.

If you are looking for a more in-depth approach to each philosopher then this is not your book! But if you want a broad spectrum of fun, short readings (an ADD approach to beginning philosophy), this can be a wonderful and enjoyable first experience of the subject.

This book contains more views than any one person could ever find without such a reference. It provides you with growth opportunities, understanding, and REAL thought provoking ideas. This is the best adult level book I've ever read (my all-time favorite though is Norton Juster's "The Phantom Tollbooth"). I strongly recommend Twenty Questions to anyone who, unlike the masses, wants to think, know themselves, and be an intelligent, compassionate adult.

I ordered this text book for my son for his college classes. He found the text book to be very useful.

This textbook was required by our professor so that's why I purchased it but overall the seller sent it on time and the item was as described. I can't say I've read the entire book but the sections which I have already read, I would recommend this book to somebody who has never taken an introductory course in philosophy. There is a good amount of material for its price.

I like this book. It has works from soooo many philosophers, and touches on topics questioning the existence of God, fairness, everything.

This book is used as the primary text in my university's introductory Philosophy course, and I think it's an excellent choice. It includes classic texts written by well-known philosophers and the writings of scientists, novelists, religious figures and many others. The inclusion of philosophical writings from such unlikely sources is a great illustration of how philosophy is woven into all aspects of our lives. Reading this book will help you to realize how many philosophical issues you already deal with in your own life and will also help you to find new ways of thinking about and dealing with them.

This is a great collection of philosophical theory from Lao-Tzu to Alice Walker. I love that it has sections dedicated to feminism, war, death; it is broken up into easy to follow categories with easy to understand introductions. This makes it even nicer to compare readings and do what philosophy is meant to do...wonder.

I ordered this book as a requirement from a great professor during college. Having only read just more than a handful of chapters in that semester I became hooked. I have since moved on and really started to appreciate the ultimate questions of life. Not that this book answers them. That is still the uniqueness of humanity, individual thought. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to be a better skeptic. We so readily just accept things that our ancestors accepted without a thought as to how reality really is. The wide array of topics is to be applauded and a great concept to take a look at may arenas of thought. Thank you professor Buenter(Binter).

The item came on time and when I contacted the sender they responded within a short period of time.

I rate it a 'five' because although not in perfect condition by any means, the seller was honest about it and did not say it was in new condition. It arrived quickly and I really needed it for my Philosophy class so I was really happy.