04101oam 22006973n 450 991082239270332120240405034431.01-317-54740-31-138-13507-01-315-72993-81-84465-526-11-317-54741-1(CKB)2550000001351470(EBL)1779151(OCoLC)890090598(SSID)ssj0001160593(PQKBManifestationID)11776796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001160593(PQKBWorkID)11121093(PQKB)11367068(OCoLC)874812850(MiAaPQ)EBC1779151(Au-PeEL)EBL1779151(CaPaEBR)ebr10817855(CaONFJC)MIL641514(OCoLC)946162546(OCoLC-P)946162546(FlBoTFG)9781315729930(FINmELB)ELB136719(UkCbUP)CR9781844655267(EXLCZ)99255000000135147020160407d2016 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn defence of wonder and other philosophical reflections1st ed.[Place of publication not identified] Routledge20161 online resource (ix, 246 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-84465-525-3 1-322-10263-5 Machine generated contents note: 1. George Moore's Hands: Scepticism about Philosophy -- 2. Zhuangzi and that Bloody Butterfly -- 3. Rescuing Truth -- 4. Just a Little Tune I Found in my Mouth -- 5.A Smile at Waterloo Station: On the True Mystery of Memory -- 6. The Myth of Time Travel -- 7. Time, Tense and Physics: The Theory of Everything but ... -- 8. Seeing Time -- 9. Call No Event Future Until it is Past -- 10. On (Almost) Nothing: Concerning Spatial Point -- 11. An Introduction to Incontinental Philosophy -- 12. Biological Reasons for Being Cheerful? -- 13. The Soup and the Scaffolding -- 14. Don't Tell Him, Pike! -- 15. Okey Doke -- 16. The Professor of Data-Lean Generalizations -- 17."I Kid You Not": Knowingness and Other Shallows -- 18. My Bald Head: The Ethics of Hair-Splitting -- 19. Getting Consciousness to Speak Itself: The Great Unmet Challenge of Realistic Fiction -- 20. Reader, I Shed Him: Reflections on the Decline of the Asterisk.In these lively and provocative essays, philosopher, polymath and all-round intellectual heavyweight, Raymond Tallis debunks commonplace truths, exposes woolly thinking and pulls the rug from beneath a wide range of commentator whether scientist, theologian, philosopher, or pundit. Tallis takes to task much of contemporary science and philosophy, arguing that they are guilty of taking us down every narrowing conduits of problem solving that only invite ever more complex responses and in doing so have lost sight of "wonder" - the metaphysical intoxication that first gave birth to philosophy 2,500 years ago. Tallis tackles some meaty topics - memory, time, language, truth, fiction, consciousness - but always with his characteristic verve, insight and wit. These essays showcase Tallis's skill for getting to the heart of the matter and challenging us to see, and wonder, in different ways. Wonder is the proper state of humankind, and as these essays show, it has no more forceful a champion than Raymond Tallis.In Defence of Wonder & Other Philosophical ReflectionsPhilosophy in literatureCriticism (Philosophy)Reflection (Philosophy)Philosophy in literature.Criticism (Philosophy)Reflection (Philosophy)190Tallis Raymond514405OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910822392703321In defence of wonder and other philosophical reflections4061187UNINA