Filosofie voor Dummies|Tom Morris 9789043006866

||boek: Filosofie voor Dummies|"Lees en word wijs" --Ken Schanzer|Voor Dummies

||door: Tom Morris

||taal: nl
||jaar: 2007
||druk: 6e druk
||pag.: 374p
||opm.: paperback|zo goed als nieuw

||isbn: 978-90-430-0686-6
||code: 1:000019

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Om je te willen verdiepen in filosofie hoef je echt geen groot denker te zijn. Zeker niet als je je laat leiden door de pocketeditie van Filosofie voor Dummies. Dit boek helpt je met schijnbaar onmogelijke vragen zoals: Wat is de zin van het leven? Is er een god? Welke rol heeft de dood in ons leven? Zo leer je de geschiedenis en zoektocht van filosofen naar het lot van de mensheid beter begrijpen. Je maakt op een leuke manier kennis met de ideeën van grote filosofen als Plato, Aristoteles, Soren Kierkegaard, Bertrand Russell en vele anderen.

Tom Morris, auteur van True Success en andere succesvolle boeken, doceerde vijftien jaar filosofie aan de Notre Dame University en leidt nu het Morris Institute for Human Values.

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Ik weet slechts een ding: dat ik niets weet (Socrates)

Als je van mening bent dat filosofie ingewikkeld of saai is, dan heb je het mis! In deze verfrissend andere gids verheldert Tom Morris niet alleen de filosofische grondslagen, maar laat hij ook zien hoe filosofie je leven verrijkt en een nieuw licht kan werpen op overtuigingen en redeneringen, en op de wereld als geheel.

'Als geen ander brengt Tom Morris filosofie tot leven.' --Paul K.Moser, hoogleraar filosofie, Loyola University of Chicago.

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Heb jij interesse in filosofie maar denk je dat het onderwerp te complex of veelomvattend is? Dan is dit het boekje voor jou! In De kleine Filosofie voor Dummies behandelt Tom Morris op verfrissende en heldere wijze niet alleen de filosofische grondslagen en beroemde filosofen, maar laat hij ook zien hoe filosofie jouw leven kan verreiken. Werp een nieuw licht op je overtuigingen en redeneringen, en op de wereld als geheel. Tom Morris doceerde vijftien jaar filosofie aan de Notre Dame University en leidt nu het Morris Institute for Humane Values.

De kleine filosofie voor Dummies is inderdaad een boek dat veelomvattend is en redelijk snel de diepte in gaat. Het legt de basis uit, waarna een aantal verschillende theorieën over werkelijkheid, de zin van het leven, de dood, maar ook het vrschil tussen goed en kwaad, geloof, waarheid en kennis behandelt. Ondanks het dunne boekje worden dus veel aspecten behandelt, waarbij de grote namen en primaire denkbeelden aan bod komen, inclusief een aantal voorbeelden in de praktijk. De basis van het boek is zeker geschikt voor een dergelijk compact formaat, en als je er niet al te snel doorheen leest gun je jezelf ook de tijd om de geleerde informatie tot je te nemen: filosofie is namelijk niet alleen de kennis, je moet deze kennis ook toepassen op je eigen denkbeelden en het een plekje geven - dat mag duidelijk zijn. Het nadeel van dit werkje zit hem in het taalgebruik: meer dan eens worden irrelevante bijvoegsels gebruikt, waarbij met name de woordenschat maakt dat het niet prettig leest: aangezien het boekje geschikt zou moeten zijn voor het grote publiek en je zou verwachten dat het een populair-wetenschappelijk werk zou zijn weet het toch een wat elitair taalgebruik tentoon te spreiden. Jammer, want inhoudelijk zit de opbouw goed in elkaar, en weet het ook de vinger op de zere plek te leggen.

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Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it is a healing art. It's intellectual self-defense. It's a form of therapy. But it's also much more. Philosophy is map-making for the soul, cartography for the human journey. It's an important navigational tool for life that too many modern people try to do without. Philosophy For Dummies is for anyone who has ever entertained a question about life and this world. In a conversational tone, the book's author - a modern-day scholar and lecturer - brings the greatest wisdom of the past into the challenges that we face now. This refreshingly different guide explains philosophical fundamentals and explores some of the strangest and deepest questions ever posed to human beings, such as

How do we know anything? What does the word good mean? Are we ever really free? Do human beings have souls? Is there life after death? Is there a God? Is happiness really possible in our world? This book is chock full of all those questions you may have long wanted to think about and talk with someone about, but have never had the time or opportunity to tackle head on. Philosophy For Dummies invites you to discuss the issues you find in the guide, share perspectives, and compare thoughts and feelings with someone you respect. You'll find lots of material to mull over with your friends or spouse, including thoughts on

When to doubt, and when to doubt our doubts The universal demand for evidence and proof The four dimensions of human experience Arguments for materialism Fear of the process of dying Prayers and small miracles Moral justification for allowing evil The ancient philosopher Socrates (fifth century, B.C.) thought that, when it comes to the Ultimate Questions, we all start off as dummies. But if we are humbly aware of how little we actually know, then we can really begin to learn. Philosophy For Dummies will put you on the path to wising up as you steer through the experience called life.

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Don't worry. Socrates believed that when it comes to the ultimate issues, we all start out as dummies, and the sooner we admit that, the quicker we'll make real progress! This bestselling book is based on Tom's famous Introduction to Philosophy course at The University of Notre Dame, a course he taught for many years that became a source of campus mythology. This book is used around the world by philosophy students the night before final exams. Tom covers in it a wide selection of the Big Issues in philosophy. A can't miss introduction to the subject!

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Tom Morris is the author of True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence and the bestselling business book If Aristotle Ran General Motors. A former Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, he is the Chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values. He lives with his family in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Tom is one of the world's top public philosophers and pioneering business thinkers. He's the author of over 30 groundbreaking books and is a legendary speaker whose electrifying talks reengage people around their deepest values and reignite their passion for work and life. He's now available by Zoom and other platforms to serve any business navigating our currently radical and disruptive change, bringing real wisdom to the challenge. As of August, 2020, he is also for the first time offering consulting, advising, and coaching services to a few executive clients. Contact Tom through the world's oldest address, TomVMorris@aol.com, to connect with him.

Performance. Leadership. Success. Change. Commitment. Imagine the wisdom of Yoda, Gandalf, and Dumbledore, rolled together and linked to the spirit and energy of the world's most winning athletic coaches. Stir in the unexpected humor of a Seinfeld or Fallon, and you have an idea of what Tom's audiences experience. Bring him to your next event and find out why so many people call him, "The best speaker ever!" Today, he's the philosophical guide for virtual events worldwide.

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Thomas V. Morris, also known as Tom Morris and, on social media, tomvmorris (born 1952), is an American philosopher. He is a former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, founder of the Morris Institute for Human Values, and author of several books. He is also a business and motivational speaker, applying philosophical themes and concepts to business and professional life. This most recent work can be found on his new website and blog, www.TomVMorris.com.

Morris sees the past century's focus on technical efforts in analytic philosophy as having given philosophy the image of an arcane or irrelevant endeavor. He has attempted to make philosophy more widely accessible, rediscovering the practical side of philosophy, and introducing millions to the themes and thinkers of philosophy.

Morris was born and grew up in North Carolina. One childhood friend was songwriter Don Schlitz, who, as a foundering youth musician, encouraged Tom to start a band with him: Morris is an avid rock guitarist. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Yale University. UNC has honored him with the "Distinguished Young Alumnus Award", an award that he shares with, among others, the well-known former Chicago Bulls basketball player, Michael Jordan.

For fifteen years Morris served as a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, becoming one of their most popular teachers. He is noted for his ability to transform esoteric concepts and obscure academic texts into lively educational and fun learning experiences. As an example of his pedagogical skill, he arranged for the school marching band to play in class to motivate students who were about to take a test in one of his philosophy classes.

Morris has made significant academic contributions to the philosophy of religion and is considered an important contributor to analytic discussions of many critical areas in both philosophy and theology. One of his earliest publications remains a classic text in contemporary philosophical theology, The Logic of God Incarnate. He has also written other important works in general philosophy, as well as in philosophical theology, such as Anselmian Explorations: Essays in Philosophical Theology (1987), Divine and Human Action: Essays in the Metaphysics of Theism (1988), Philosophy and the Christian Faith (1988), Our Idea of God (1991), and God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason.

Morris' books include Francis Schaeffer's Apologetics: A Critique, Understanding Identity Statements, The Logic of God Incarnate, Anselmian Explorations, The Concept of God, Our Idea of God, The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy, Philosophy and the Christian Faith, Divine and Human Action, Our Idea of God, Making Sense of It All, God and the Philosophers, Philosophy for Dummies, True Success, The Art of Achievement, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, The Stoic Art of Living, Superheroes and Philosophy, and his latest text, If Harry Potter Ran General Electric.

Morris seeks to make philosophy interesting, intelligible, and practical to the ordinary person. Early in his academic career, he authored a privately circulated project, The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy and the popular Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life - two books that provide the amateur philosopher easy access to philosophical works and concepts.

In Making Sense of It All, Morris examined one of the great Christian thinkers of all time, Blaise Pascal. In this book, Morris highlighted Pascal's observation that diversion is one of the greatest spiritual dangers of our age. Morris argues that diversion can only keep the "big questions" about the meaning of life at bay for so long. He points out that people are hungry to engage in intelligent dialogue about the purpose and meaning of life. He draws from Pascal's view in the Pensées that people need to understand the larger context of their lives in order to determine how to live. As people confront ethical dilemmas in everyday life, they begin to ask more probing questions that eventually lead to ultimate questions about life, death, morality, value, meaning, and purpose.

Recently, Morris has continued to popularize philosophy and foster reflections on life and the meaning of it all in such works as Philosophy for Dummies, True Success, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, The Art of Achievement, and The Stoic Art of Living. In The Stoic Art of Living, he relates the ideas of Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, and transforms them into intelligible concepts and practical applications to contemporary life.

Morris' most recent application of philosophy to contemporary culture is If Harry Potter Ran General Electric. In this work, he explored the philosophical implications and themes from the popular children's classics by J.K. Rowling and applied them to lessons in leadership and ethics. Morris also edited a volume of new essays from world philosophers and some of the top pop culture superhero comic book writers, entitled Superheroes and Philosophy, with his son Matt Morris. In addition to his writing and lectures, Morris has appeared on television in a segment on ethics for The Learning Channel, and as the philosophic face of Winnie the Pooh for Disney Home Video. He has made guest appearances on such network shows as NBC's Today Show and Regis Philbin's morning show.

Morris ventured out to the business world as founder and chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values. The Institute is based in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he now lives.

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Tom Morris has become one of the most active public philosophers in the world due to his unusual ability to bring the greatest wisdom of the past into the challenges of the present.

A native of Durham, North Carolina and a Distinguished Alumnus of Durham Academy, Tom was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, which has honored him, along with Michael Jordan, as a recipient of their "Distinguished Young Alumnus Award." He holds a Ph.D. in both Philosophy and Religious Studies from Yale University, as well as other, honorary doctorates in recognition of his public work of bringing practical philosophy back into the cultural mix. Tom served for fifteen years as a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where he quickly became one of their most popular teachers, in many years having as much as an eighth of the entire student body in his classes. He is now Chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values.

Tom's twelfth book, True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence, launched him into a new adventure as a public philosopher and advisor to the corporate world. His audiences have included such organizations as Toyota, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Merrill Lynch, Verizon, IBM, Coca Cola, The US Air Force, Wells Real Estate Funds, International Paper, Price Waterhouse, Target Stores, Mattel, NBC Sports, Business Week Magazine, Bayer, Deloitte and Touche, Federated Investors, Mass Mutual, Prudential, Raymond James, Citi Mortgage, Goldman Sachs, Taco Bell, Campbell Soup, MasterFoods, Minute Maid, The American Heart Association, United Health Group, and The Young President's Organization, to name just as few, as well as many of the largest national and international trade associations.

Tom is also the author of the highly acclaimed and bestselling leadership classic If Aristotle Ran General Motors and the big yellow book, often seen in college dorms nationwide the night before final exams, Philosophy for Dummies. Other more recent books include The Art of Achievement, The Stoic Art of Living and Superheroes and Philosophy, where Superman and Batman finally meet Plato and Aristotle. Tom's newest bestselling book about life and business is entitled, If Harry Potter Ran General Electric: Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards. It's currently bringing magic into people's lives around the world.

Tom's work has been featured, noticed, commented on, or covered by such diverse news outlets and media as CNN, NBC, CNBC, The Learning Channel (TLC), NPR's "Morning Edition," NPR's "Talk of the Nation," The New York Times, Fast Company, The New York Times Magazine, USA Today, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The Las Vegas Sun, USA Weekly, The Economist, Readers' Digest, The Globe and Mail, Die Zeit, German Elle, Voce:SA, L'Agefi, ABC.com, The Leaky Cauldron, and many other magazines, newspapers, and websites across the globe.

Tom has also appeared as the philosopher he is in Special Features on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: DVD Collection presented by Lucas Film, and on The Complete Superman Collection DVD, presented by Warner Home Video. You will often see The Sage of Steel wherever wisdom is to be found.

Born Thomas Victor Morris, and known by his students as "TV Morris", he is the first philosopher in history to appear in network TV commercials, where he has served as the national spokesman for Winnie the Pooh, Disney Home Videos. He is also the only thinker ever to engage in early morning philosophy with Regis Philbin, on his talk show, and on "The Today Show" with Matt Lauer, among many other national broadcasts. Tom is known for bringing the insights of the great thinkers into the drama of everyday life with high energy and good humor. His message is helping to change lives and revolutionize business practices everywhere.

He may be the world's happiest philosopher.

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