{"product_id":"extreme-philosophy","title":"Extreme Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy’s value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. \u003ci\u003eExtreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers–including students and general readers–twenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or ‘mad’ ideas. The resulting conjectures are often provocative and bold, but always clear and accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeas discussed in the book, include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epropaganda need not be irrational\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003escience need not be rational\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eextremism need not be bad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etax evasion need not be immoral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eanarchy need not be uninviting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edemocracy need not remain as it generally is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehumans might have immaterial souls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehuman minds might have all-but-unlimited powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eknowing might be nothing beyond being correct\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003espace and time might not be ‘out there’ in reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evalue might be \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e foundational part of reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evalue might differ in an infinitely repeating reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereality is One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereality is vague\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn brief, the volume pursues \u003ci\u003eadventures\u003c\/i\u003e in philosophy. This spirit of philosophical risk-taking and openness to new, ‘large’ ideas were vital to philosophy’s ancient origins, and they may also be fertile ground today for philosophical \u003ci\u003eprogress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256412000600,"sku":"9781032317380","price":59.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032317380.jpg?v=1768320931","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/extreme-philosophy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}