{"product_id":"this-town-thomas-o-scarborough-9781666783414","title":"This Town","description":"Like Thomas Scarborough's previous book Everything, Briefly (2022), This Town, too, is a metaphysics. However, it adopts the form of a story, which \"\"concretizes\"\" abstract thought. A narrator visits a pre-modern town, where he engages with various people: an old man, a young woman, the chief, and other townsfolk. The method of \"\"concretization\"\" brings a metaphysics down to the level of teens and up--covering core issues of language, reality, ethics, politics, science, math, meaning, holism, and God (this town believes in God). The focus is primarily on how these various areas of philosophy and life may be integrated into one, harmonious whole. This Town serves as an excellent introduction not merely to philosophy, but to philosophical thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas O. Scarborough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666783412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666783414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Thomas O. Scarborough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45980987621631,"sku":"9781666783414","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe637d5c-09c5-40b8-9e6e-8590d8030652.jpg?v=1722417425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-town-thomas-o-scarborough-9781666783414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}