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The Complete Philosophy Files by Stephen Law (view source)
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''The Philosophy Files'' and ''The Philosophy Files 2'' were first published in 2000 and 2003 respectively. Now we have them combined and reissued with illustrations by the wonderful Daniel Postgate.
Stephen Laws asks fifteen of the biggest philosophical questions in fifteen ''files''. They're all there - ''Should I eat meat? Is time travel possible? Does God exist? How do I know the world isn't virtual? '' - and together, they form an introduction to this most esoteric of academic disciplines. Arguments and rebuttals are dramatised by invented characters so it's easy to follow the debate and little cartoons both amplify the concepts and provide an antidote against brain meltdown.
The real star of the ''Philosophy Files'' show is the quality of Laws's writing which explains complex concepts with clarity and in a direct way, but which is full of sparkle and fizzle and enthusisasm and jokes and oh, everything you could want in a book that aims to stimulate independent and sophisticated thought.