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Sci-Phi : Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger

Sci-Phi : Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger Paperback - 2005

by Mark Rowlands

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St. Martin's Press, 2005. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Sci-Phi : Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger
  • Author Mark Rowlands
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005
  • Features Glossary, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0312322364I3N00
  • ISBN 9780312322366 / 0312322364
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.57 x 5.54 x 0.73 in (21.77 x 14.07 x 1.85 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

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"Rowlands succeeds in his aims remarkably well. Not only is each chapter a model of philosophical exposition, conveying philosophical ideas with exemplary verve and clarity, the book also manages to connect the philosophy to the movies in a natural and convincing way.... The irreverent style combines the folksy with the rigorous, the shallow with the deep - and philosophy needs all the humor it can get."
- Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)

"Rowlands has a light touch. . . . Overall, this manages to be diverting without destroying too many brain cells, which is probably what you want from a holiday read."
- The Guardian (U.K.)

"Hugely entertaining. . . . Rowlands knows his stuff and marries some of the tougher philosophical arguments to the more accessible conduit of popular entertainment . . . enjoyable and illuminating."
- Waterstone's Books Quarterly (U.K.)

"The discussions are serious, but the tone of the book is irreverent; there are laughs for both newcomers and old hands."
- www.listology.com

"Some bits made me laugh out loud. . . . He has an excellent way of explaining complex ideas and terms. After reading quite a lot of Nietzsche (in my wayward youth especially) I think that Rowlands does a better way at explaining him than the man himself!"
- www.scifimoviepage.com

About the author

Mark Rowlands received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Oxford and then went to work in the United States for seven years teaching philosophy. Victim of too many parties, he decided to move to Ireland to do nothing except write philosophy and surf. Seven years later he moved to Devon, where he currently works as the director of the Centre for Philosophical Social Sciences at the University of Exeter. He is the author of seven previous philosophy books including The Body in Mind, The Nature of Consciousness, and Animals Like Us.

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