推薦序一 哲學，就像獨孤九劍 有天，一位朋友打電話來邀約演講，我直覺就說：「不知道要說什麼。」他聽了覺得不可思議：「跟你隨便聊聊都可以學到很多東西，怎麼可能不知道說什麼呢？」他以為我只是隨便找個藉口拒絕，但事實上，這的確是我不愛演講的最主要因素之一。 面對一群不說話的人，我還真的不知道該說些什麼。但透過與人對話，我可以從言談中找到很多值得一提的素材，進而滔滔不絕地談論各種哲學思維。越強的思考者，就越能激發出對話的樂趣。 哲學本身就應該是一場對話。我喜歡把哲學比喻成金庸小說中的獨孤九劍，它本身無招，但對應不同的攻擊時，便能回應出不同的招數。對手越強，就越能激發出獨孤九劍的精髓。哲學本身（除了特定教學內容之外）並沒有什麼確定不移的知識可以作為演講的題材，但當面對不同的問題或思維時，便能對應出各種不同的理論。問題越深、思考越精，就越能激盪出高深的哲學思想。 本書作者從一開始就透過文字跟讀者對話，雖然不是以對話的格式撰寫，但作者始終以對話的心態寫下每一個字，文字因而較為口語，具親和力與感染力。當你心中隨著閱讀產生疑問時，作者會在接下來給你回答。這真是個非常愉快、有趣的閱讀經歷。 本書所談的內容主題儘管有趣，但多數問題不會真的出現在日常生活中。或許有人會懷疑，除了訓練思考能力之外，思考這些問題有什麼價值嗎？實際上，這不僅能增強思考能力，還可以讓自己回頭反思自己習慣的思考方式、判斷的預設、以及先入為主的觀點，讓我們自己越來越清楚自己的思維，以及這些思維背後的不穩定基礎，協助我們破除執著。另一方面，深入思考這些問題也能強化某些既有觀點的重要性，以增強對自己想法的信心。 這是一本值得閱讀與反思的書籍。當我們深入經歷這場思辨之旅，將會發現自己再度進化，蛻變成一種更能面對時代挑戰，以及更擅長探索各種真相的思考哲人。 推薦序二 不管那個人嗑了什麼有趣的問題，都給我來一點！ 《為了活命，你會吃人嗎？》是輕鬆的哲學小品，不介紹深入的哲學理論和歷史，而是以一個個具體的問題為基礎，引誘人進入哲學性的思考。這樣的書註定無法令哲學專家滿意（話說回來，無法讓哲學專家滿意的東西實在是太多了），但對於喜歡思考和挑戰的人來說，它提供的資料和提問足夠你進入一段又一段的「腦內冒險」。 《為了活命，你會吃人嗎？》包含33個哲學問題，每個問題會（看情況）附送幾個互相衝突的答案或是相關的小問題。這些論述都可以在大號的時間內讀完（這只是個形容法，為了健康起見，你最好別在大號的時候讀任何東西），不過光是讀完哲學內容，並不代表你真的開始體驗哲學，重點在於這些內容讓你多動了多少腦。作者凱夫特別在序言裡引用維根斯坦的說法，建議大家「慢慢來」，我在這裡承襲他的態度，提供幾個「慢慢來」的時候可以想的事情： 我眼前的文章致力於回答的到底是什麼問題？ 文章裡的各方說法，為這個問題給了哪幾種答案？ 這些答案，根據文章，有哪些支持的理由？ 這些理由有道理嗎？能順利支持它宣稱自己要支持的答案嗎？ 在這些答案裡，我最喜歡哪一個？ 對於和我做出不同選擇的人，我有什麼好說法可以說服他？ 有些消極的人認為，哲學的特色在於「沒有答案」，或是「沒有對錯」。（這種人可能沒想過，「哲學有沒有答案╱對錯？」這個問題算不算是哲學問題。）站在這種人的立場上，他可能會拒絕執行上述「無謂」的程序。 我沒辦法在這篇短短的推薦文裡跟你說明，上述的消極立場有什麼問題。我只能說，如果你願意的話，參考我推薦的方式把這本書讀一讀，想一想，或許你會（如同大部分從事哲學研究的人）發現「積極」帶來的樂趣。 ◎英國亞馬遜4.5顆星推薦！大學生與上班族最愛的腦細胞活化讀物 「在這幅圖中，你看到的是鴨還是兔？」 這些時常出現在臉書上的心理測驗小遊戲，背後其實都是哲學問題！ 熊出沒！快逃啊！ 吃豬、吃牛、吃雞、吃魚都沒問題，為什麼就不能吃人？ 作者彼得．凱夫設計了33道最搞笑、最弔詭、最令人瞠目結舌的情境兩難問題，從飢餓的棕熊到只想整日放空的樹懶，引導你我進入邏輯思辨之旅。本書挑戰你的道德直覺、打破是非善惡的刻板印象，進而幫你釐清盲點、突破迷思，透過反覆論證的過程，幫助我們在多元價值的現代社會中，強化思考能力，建立自己觀點。 本書特色 ■不斷動腦的閱讀體驗：作者將邏輯思辨過程透過文字對話的方式呈現，讓讀者看到哪，思考到哪。加上作者獨特的幽默筆調，提供給讀者驚喜不斷的閱讀體驗。 ■深度與廣度兼具的哲思啟蒙讀物：本書將「安慰劑悖論」、「說謊者悖論」、「紐康悖論」等經典邏輯悖論及論證與生活經驗結合，主題囊括愛情、政治、平等、生死、自由、宗教、道德、藝術，或將哲學主題以有趣的童話故事改寫包裝，適合初探哲學領域的大眾讀者。 ■打破侷限的非線性閱讀：每篇結尾都有「超連結」設定，列出相似主題的其他篇章，讀者可以藉此建立「閱讀專用迴路」，讓你思考不跳電！ 作者簡介 彼得．凱夫 (Peter Cave) 現任英國人文哲學家協會主席，倫敦紐約大學、倫敦城市大學與英國公開大學哲學課程講師。凱夫時常參與國內外哲學講座，與人探討弔詭的邏輯悖論，追求清晰的邏輯論證，特別著重於倫理、政治與宗教領域，也常在哲學期刊雜誌發表哲學文章，從學術性論文以至大眾讀物皆有貢獻，他也曾為BBC廣播電臺的聽眾撰寫並介紹有趣的哲學悖論。凱夫認為，藉由故事、影像與些許幽默，能讓哲學與深度思考變得生動活潑。他是暢銷書《Can A Robot be Human?》的作者，也撰寫許多哲學基本入門書籍。 譯者簡介 鄒詠婷 臺灣大學外國語文學系畢，喜愛戲劇與英國文學。因為對語言的好奇，大學畢業後進入荷蘭萊登大學（Leiden University）語言學研究所，專攻語音學與第二語言習得，獲語言學碩士後歸國。現專職聽損患者語言發展相關研究工作，並兼職翻譯。譯有《領導現場關鍵9件事：每周一聚焦9分鐘，想清楚這些事就能讓你的團隊更出色》、《數學，為什麼是現在這樣子？一門不教公式，只講故事的數學課》（協力翻譯）、《業務之神的態度》。
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Another book of philosophical puzzles -- a lot of which I was familiar with, somehow, from doing Religious Studies at GCSE and A Level... It includes stuff like the Ontological Argument, anyway. Like the other book I've read by Peter Cave, it's interesting and presents difficult puzzles quite flippantly. It cross-references the puzzles, so if you're interested in a particular line of thought, you can follow it right through the book. Another book of philosophical puzzles -- a lot of which I was familiar with, somehow, from doing Religious Studies at GCSE and A Level... It includes stuff like the Ontological Argument, anyway. Like the other book I've read by Peter Cave, it's interesting and presents difficult puzzles quite flippantly. It cross-references the puzzles, so if you're interested in a particular line of thought, you can follow it right through the book. ...more
Was it me or were most of those puzzles neither puzzling nor perplexing? Maybe I'm just not cut out for philosophy... Anyway, it wasn't a bad book, and the writing style was in between annoying me and trying to be funny (and sort of not managing, thus falling back on 'annoying me'). Was it me or were most of those puzzles neither puzzling nor perplexing? Maybe I'm just not cut out for philosophy... Anyway, it wasn't a bad book, and the writing style was in between annoying me and trying to be funny (and sort of not managing, thus falling back on 'annoying me'). ...more
Not that well-written or profound.
Doc Cave manages to make those paradoxes even more puzzling than they actually are. I really couldn't follow most of his reasoning. I found Paradoxes from A to Z by Michael Clark a far superior insightful reading. Doc Cave manages to make those paradoxes even more puzzling than they actually are. I really couldn't follow most of his reasoning. I found Paradoxes from A to Z by Michael Clark a far superior insightful reading. ...more
Interesting ideas, however I did not enjoy the way the book was written.
some of the philosophical concepts are good and thought provoking however writing style of author makes it very difficult to understand the concept for the people who are naive to philosophy.
The setup of this book is: ' You think A don't you? Well
what if you though B instead?!' - the issue being that in most cases I didn't think A to start with, so there was never a 'puzzle' moment or a shock at seeing the world in a new light. I hated how the author tried to be funny, pages were wasted whilst he wrote 'witty' metaphors that often fell flat. I think it suffers from trying to make philosophy palatable for the masses - which it fails miserably at anyway. Either philosophy isn't for m I hated how the author tried to be funny, pages were wasted whilst he wrote 'witty' metaphors that often fell flat. I think it suffers from trying to make philosophy palatable for the masses - which it fails
miserably at anyway. Either philosophy isn't for me, or this is a terrible example of what it out there.
Interesting title but no so interesting contents. There are many interesting ideas in the book but there are generally more questions than answers and some unnecessary paradoxes as well which are very convoluted.
Not very impressed with this book, most of the paradoxes presented were neither puzzling nor profound.
Very poorly written - like someone took a bunch of chain letters, stapled them together, scrawled a few comments, and called it a book.
Yazar onemli felsefi konulara ve tartismalara cok anlasilir bir dille deginmiş, tavsiye ederim.
The book started really well, then it crashed downhill. The author is pretty hilarious. I enjoyed his writing style very much. The book speaks about paradoxes so it is fair to assume that
the writer will speak from every possible angle, right? Well that was not the case. I felt that a lot of things have been left out. At the beginning, it was not as palpable as much as it was as I was reading further into it, but it reached a point where I could not ignore it anymore. The author is pretty hilarious. I enjoyed his writing style very much. The book speaks about paradoxes so it is fair to assume that the writer will speak from every possible angle, right? Well that was not the case. I felt that a lot of things have been left out. At the beginning, it was not as palpable as much as it was as I was reading further into it, but it reached a point where I could not ignore it anymore. Another point is that he fails at comparing. He compares things together that... well cannot be compared together. Oh, and the author usually presents every chapter and paradox with an argument, and some of these arguments are very very poor. And in some points, I felt that the author failed at being objective. You are talking about PARADOXES, so when explaining the two points of view, you should NOT look biased, right? Well, his opinion generally
matched mine, but that does NOT mean that I will ignore this point. the book then started boring me out except the last chapter which was really good. And I think the end was a really good end.
Въпреки интересното си заглавие, въпреки ясно заявената неприязън на автора към постмодернизма във философията и въпреки моя нестихващ апетит към популярна философия, налага се да кажа, че това четиво не предлага нищо смислено и зслужаващо прочитане. Подходът към 33-те философски пъзела е плитък и елементарен.
We often engage in activities, seeking achievements - reaching the mountain top, discovering how the story ends, satisfying yearnings of passion - yet we also resist reaching the
ends, for having achieved them, there is the anti-climax, the sadness, the emptiness. There's a charm in not saying or thinking, and merely experiencing. I probably would have enjoyed KI. There's a charm in not saying or thinking, and merely experiencing. I probably would have enjoyed KI.
me thinks one really need to be in the mood to read this one. might enjoy it if i had a bit more time to ponder the dilemmas. i'll keep coming back to it. food for thought. me thinks one really need to be in the mood to read this one. might enjoy it if i had a bit more time to ponder the dilemmas. i'll keep coming back to it. food for thought. ...more
enjoyable little read. each chapter is about 6 pages long. some were quite provoking, others were only puzzles because the assumptions were odd.
Fun read. Some useful essays for my Philosophy class.
So many puzzles, lots of food for thought.
Two interesting chapters. The rest is verbal diarrhea.
Covered too much ground in too little space. I used it for a bathroom book, which was ideal since I got it a chapter at a time, in small doses.
It got me thinking a little bit, but not on anything I haven't already spent time thinking on. Also, I've heard many of these topics discussed in a more interesting way. It was okay, though. It got me thinking a little bit, but not on anything I haven't already spent time thinking on. Also, I've heard many of these topics discussed in a more interesting way. It was okay, though. ...more
A series of philosophical scenarios along the lines of "Have you stopped beating your wife?". Thought provoking at times. A fair read for those inclined. A series of philosophical scenarios along the lines of "Have you stopped beating your wife?". Thought provoking at times. A fair read for those inclined. ...more
Funny and perplexing. Split into small 'puzzles' so it's easy to pick up and read when you have a 'mo. Funny and perplexing. Split into small 'puzzles' so it's easy to pick up and read when you have a 'mo. ...more
Good intro to philosophy reading. Fortunately the chapters are short and succinct, so if you don't like a chapter then an enjoyable one might only be a couple of page turns away. Good intro to philosophy reading. Fortunately the chapters are short and succinct, so if you don't like a chapter then an enjoyable one might only be a couple of page turns away. ...more
I have no patience for working through the nuts and bolts of philosophical puzzles, so I read this book very fast. Not as interesting as the title.
This book is great for philosophers, not as deep, not a introduction, but something like a conversation I would love to have in a bar with a friend philosopher.
Not really that exciting, but pretty comical and thought provoking. Peter Cave lectures in philosophy for The Open University and New York University (London). He frequently contributes to philosophy magazines and journals, lectures around the world, and has scripted and presented philosophy programmes for the BBC. He is the author of eight books on philosophy, including Humanism: A Beginner’s Guide and the bestselling Can a Robot be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosop Peter Cave lectures in philosophy for The Open University and New York University (London). He frequently contributes to philosophy magazines and journals, lectures around the world, and has scripted and presented philosophy programmes for the BBC. He is the author of eight books on philosophy, including Humanism: A Beginner’s Guide and the bestselling Can a Robot be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles. ...more News & InterviewsIf you’re in the market for new mysteries and thrillers, we have some options to get you through the end of the year. In fact, we have 48... “It is as if we find ourselves on a ship in the middle of the ocean, with the captain making the point that we are free to leave.” — 6 likes “There is a charm in saying nothing, in saying nothing at all. There is a charm in - experiencing.” — 3 likes More quotes…Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. |
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