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Examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences in our everyday lives. Tells how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects.
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LibraryThing member keith0718
Required reading for anyone interested in philosophy. I docked it one star because Adler's style is a bit hard to bear at times. Before he explains something he tells you exactly why and how he's going to explain it and then says that before he does that he must explain something else; and then he
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proceeds to tell you why and how he's going to explain something else before he explains something. Also, I think the book is a bit skimpy on the *defense* of the proper philosophical ideas. Adler seems to sometimes just declare what the proper philosophical position is. NEVERTHELESS, this is a great book which is invaluable to any honest reader of philosophy who is searching for truth. Show Less
LibraryThing member KirkLowery
Where did philosophy go wrong? Why is David Hume's epistemology a wrong turn and why Aristotle is not passe?
LibraryThing member uufnn
The author is the chairman of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica, director of the Institute of Philosophical Research in Chicago, and a senior associate of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, of which he was one of the founders. He has written several bestselling books in the
"The failure to understand the affirmation of free will or free choice, and the denial of it by determinists, who make the error of identifying free choice with something that happens entirely by chance. This leads to a rejection of moral responsibility." Even though the author quotes from such legendary philosophers as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, his message is very readable.
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areas of philosophy and religion. From the dust jacket: "The philosophical mistakes Dr. Adler discusses include: The mistake of identifying happiness with having a good time (e.g., hedonism) rather than with possessing that which is good for us and fulfills our natural needs."The failure to understand the affirmation of free will or free choice, and the denial of it by determinists, who make the error of identifying free choice with something that happens entirely by chance. This leads to a rejection of moral responsibility." Even though the author quotes from such legendary philosophers as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, his message is very readable.
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1985
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| 100 ADL |
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xx; 200