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 | | Thinking Critically About Philosophical Problems by Thomas F. Wall ISBN-10: 9780534574208 ISBN-10: 0-534-57420-3 ISBN-13: 9780534574208 ISBN-13: 978-0-534-57420-8 Paperback 2001-06-14 Wadsworth Publishing Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Cited by one reviewer as "a work of stunning originality," this new text presents philosophy both as a collection of fundamental problems and as a method to solve problems, the method of critical thinking. Readers become active participants in doing philosophy, in using the method of philosophy as philosophers do when they are thinking well. The various parts of the text are organized to reflect a recurring pattern of critical thinking, and exercises are provided throughout the text to sharpen these thinking skills in the context of solving philosophical problems. In addition to addressing individual philosophical problems, this text also encourages readers to integrate their solutions into a coherent worldview. | ||
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dishonest reviews The previous review claims that this book is the work of a misguided Marxist. The pages devoted to Marx in this text number 4 out of 527. The sentence quoted in the review to prove it was a defense of outdated Marixism is accurate, except for one thing----there is a break in the quote with the end of the sentence occuring three pages after the beginning of the sentence. The two parts have nothing to do with each other. My my, it appears that some people have too little to do. | ||
Marxists, such as Mr. Wall, are stuck in the past. Thoughtful, loving and objective observers of the 20th century witnessed the rise and fall of Marxist socialism. In fact, scholars have written about the failure of Marxist socialism for several decades. To illustrate, the editors of Telos (Spring 1977: 178) wrote, "Everying in Marxism has turned out to be wrong or trivial. Very few of us believe in the falling rate of profit and the inherent revolutionary character of the proletariate... We must stop blaming Kautsky, Engels, Lenin, or Stalin for 'Marxism' in the effort to pump formaldehyde into the theoretical cadaver." Marxists in the last century displayed total ignorance of supply-side economics, freedom of religion, freedom of the press and the true power of moral solidarity. Marxists in the last century also brought about the deaths of hundreds of millions innocent human persons by means of concentration camps, gulags and slave labor camps for the sake of "social change" and "revolution." That Mr. Wall might support Marxism is supported by the following sentence:"My own view is that... redistributing wealth... would be justified in the name of justice." | ||