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- A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures
- Title
- A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures
- EAN
- 9780262539593
- ISBN
- 9780262539593
- Release Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- 11/10/2020
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Theory of Jerks and Other&Nbsp;Philosophical Misadventures
- Item Length
- 7.6in
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Psychology, Philosophy
- Topic
- Mind & Body, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 14.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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A collection of quirky, entertaining, and reader-friendly short pieces on philosophical topics that range from a theory of jerks to the ethics of ethicists.
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262539594
ISBN-13
9780262539593
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050032131
Product Key Features
Book Title
Theory of Jerks and Other&Nbsp;Philosophical Misadventures
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mind & Body, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Psychology, Philosophy
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
14.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
B948.S391 2019
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"Schwitzgebel's excellent and accessible philosophy in A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures would be great at parties -- just open up to any random three-page essay, read it aloud, and let the conversation flow."-- PopMatters -- In a sense this book is just the tip of the iceberg of this philosopher's public working through of ideas that really matter or really interest him. What you get, cumulatively, is a glimpse of an incredibly fertile mind. -- FIVE BOOKS --, "A lively, wide-ranging, and original collection of short essays from Eric Schwitzgebel, whose mind seems to fizz with ideas. Highly recommended." - Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy "This book isn't really about jerks; it's about minds in all their quirky glory. Schwitzgebel thinks hard about what it is for flawed creatures such as ourselves to live a good life, about how philosophers may or may not live up to their ideals, and about ways in which consciousness might be stretched to its limits in humans and machines. The book is full of provocative thought experiments and insightful arguments that will make you think about yourself in ways you haven't thought before." - David Chalmers, University Professor of Philosophy and Codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, NYU "Consciousness, the multiverse, what it all means ... This book features fifty-eight bite-sized gems from a leading philosopher. Simply put: a joy to read." - Susan Schneider, NASA Chair, Library of Congress, and author of Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind "Eric Schwitzgebel represents an almost extinct philosophical type: a humble, humane, down-to-earth soul, with a knack for thinking out loud and clearly about pretty much anything. Curiosity abounds, as does good humor, and a measured dose of existential anxiety as Schwitzgebel wonders about everything from the nature of space, time, and consciousness, to the possibility that we are not very good at detecting our moral blind spots and our excellences at being jerks. A collection to keep nearby and savor for anyone who likes to think along with a really smart philosopher." - Owen Flanagan, author of Consciousness Reconsidered ,/i> and The Bodhisattva's Brain "Schwitzgebel's short pieces are clever and entertaining, and they fill perfectly the need for a little insight in a chaotic world. These essays should occupy any coffee table for readers wanting bursts of insights wrapped in humor and cleverness. Infuriatingly clever and joyfully observational, these writings mix a comedian's charm with a philosopher's wit and depth." - Barry Lam, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College, and host, Hi-Phi Nation podcast on Slate
Table of Content
Part One: Jerks and Excuses 1. A Theory of Jerks 2. Forgetting as an Unwitting Confession of Your Values 3. The Happy Coincidence Defense and The-Most-You-Can-Do Sweet Spot 4. Cheeseburger Ethics (or How Often Do Ethicists Call Their Mothers?) 5. On Not Seeking Pleasure Much 6. How Much Should You Care about How You Feel in Your Dreams? 7. Imagining Yourself in Another's Shoes vs. Extending Your Love 8. Is It Perfectly Fine to Aim for Moral Mediocrity? 9. A Theory of Hypocrisy 10. On Not Distinguishing Too Finely Among Your Motivations 11. The Mush of Normativity 12. A Moral Dunning-Kruger Effect? 13. The Moral Compass and the Liberal Ideal in Moral Education Part Two: Cute AI and Zombie Robots 14. Should Your Driverless Car Kill You So Others May Live? 15. Cute AI and the ASIMO Problem 16. My Daughter's Rented Eyes 17. Someday, Your Employer Will Technologically Control Your Moods 18. Cheerfully Suicidal AI Slaves 19. We Would Have Greater Moral Obligations to Conscious Robots Than to Otherwise Similar Humans 20. How Robots and Monsters Might Destroy Human Moral Systems 21. Our Possible Imminent Divinity 22. Skepticism, Godzilla, and the Artificial Computerized Many-Branching You 23. How to Accidentally Become a Zombie Robot Part Three: Regrets and Birthday Cake 24. Dreidel: A Seemingly Foolish Game That Contains the Moral World in Miniature 25. Does It Matter If the Passover Story Is Literally True? 26. Memories of My Father 27. Flying Free of the Deathbed, with Technological Help 28. Thoughts on Conjugal Love 29. Knowing What You Love 30. The Epistemic Status of Deathbed Regrets 31. Competing Perspectives on One's Final, Dying Thought 32. Profanity Inflation, Profanity Migration, and the Paradox of Prohibition (or I Love You, "Fuck") 33. The Legend of the Leaning Behaviorist 34. What Happens to Democracy When the Experts Can't Be Both Factual and Balanced? 35. On the Morality of Hypotenuse Walking 36. Birthday Cake and a Chapel Part Four: Cosmic Freaks 37. Possible Psychology of a Matrioshka Brain 38. A Two-Seater Homunculus 39. Is the United States Literally Conscious? 40. Might You Be a Cosmic Freak? 41. Choosing to Be That Fellow Back Then: Voluntarism about Personal Identity 42. How Everything You Do Might Have Huge Cosmic Significance 43. Penelope's Guide to Defeating Time, Space, and Causation 44. Goldfish-Pool Immortality 45. Are Garden Snails Conscious? Yes, No, or *Gong* Part Five: Kant vs. the Philosopher of Hair 46. Truth, Dare, and Wonder 47. Trusting Your Sense of Fun 48. What's in People's Stream of Experience During Philosophy Talks? 49. Why Metaphysics Is Always Bizarre 50. The Philosopher of Hair 51. Obfuscatory Philosophy as Intellectual Authoritarianism and Cowardice 52. Kant on Killing Bastards, Masturbation, Organ Donation, Homosexuality, Tyrants, Wives, and Servants 53. Nazi Philosophers, World War I, and the Grand Wisdom Hypothesis 54. Against Charity in the History of Philosophy 55. Invisible Revisions 56. On Being Good at Seeming Smart 57. Blogging and Philosophical Cognition 58. Will Future Generations Find Us Morally Loathsome?
Lccn
2019-001262
Dewey Decimal
191
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
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