{"title":"Simon Blackburn","description":"Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Until recently he was Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and from 1969 to 1999 a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford. His books include Spreading the Word (1984), Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Ruling Passions (1998), Truth (co-edited with Keith Simmons, 1999), and the best-selling Think (1999). He edited the journal Mind from 1984 to 1990.","products":[{"product_id":"think-a-compelling-introduction-to-philosophy-hardcover","title":"Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. 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Each chapter explains a major issue, and gives the reader a self-contained guide through the problems that the philosophers have studied. Because the text approaches these issues from the gound up, the untrained reader will emerge from its pages able to explore other philosophies with greater pleasure and understanding and be able to think--philosophically--for him or herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilosophy is often dismissed as a purely academic discipline with no relation to the \"real\" world non-philosophers are compelled to inhabit. \u003cem\u003eThink\u003c\/em\u003e dispels this myth and offers a springboard for all those who want to learn how the basic techniques of thinking shape our virtually every aspect of our existence.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377329078495,"sku":"9780192100245","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1H9_BkmLCy9780192100245.webp?v=1789232814"},{"product_id":"on-truth-paperback","title":"On Truth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruth is not just a recent topic of contention. 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He then examines how those approaches relate to truth in several contentious domains: art, ethics, reasoning, religion, and the interpretation of texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlackburn's overall message is that truth is often best thought of not as a product or an end point that is 'finally' achieved, but--as the American pragmatist thinkers thought of it--as an ongoing process of inquiry. 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