PHIL 1000 Chapter : Blackburn Philosophy0001
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He is also the author of a number of books directed at the general public, including truth (2005), Lust (2004), being good (2001), and think (1999), from which the excerpt presented here is drawn. In the following selection, blackburn offers some general remarks about what philosophy is and why many have found it so interesting. freedom, destiny, reason, the big themes: knowledge, This book is for people who want truth, mind, to think about jus(cid:173) tice. These are not the hidden preserve of specialists. They are things that men and women wonder about naturally, for they structure the ways we think about identity, god, goodness, the world and our place in it "philosophy" carries unfortunate impractical, that all philosophers unworldly, weird. I sus(cid:173) connotations: pect and philosophy students share that moment of silent embarrassment when someone innocently asks us what we do.
