{"product_id":"wakefulness-and-world-matthew-linck-9781589881365","title":"Wakefulness and World: An Invitation to Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eWakefulness and World\u003c\/i\u003e gives one the experience of taking an independent study with a master teacher . . . Linck explains high-level concepts and arguments from all the thinkers he engages in a clear, conversational style, relatively free of jargon, while avoiding oversimplification and maintaining a high degree of precision and rigor.\"―\u003ci\u003eInterpretation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply intelligent and subtle book by a master reader and teacher.\"―Jacob Howland, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Republic: The Odyssey of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlaucon's Fate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilosophy begins in the middle of ordinary experience. Consider these four aspects of daily life: we have conversations which require us to strive to make ourselves understood and to understand others; we easily pick out nameable items in the world and also sense how the things around us hang together; we count things and do simple arithmetic, and are sure we know what we're doing; we give reasons for knowing the things we claim to know. Philosophy gets off the ground when we ask how it is possible that we are already doing these things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWakefulness and World\u003c\/i\u003e takes up this question by reading works by Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel. The invitation is two-fold: to accompany the author in reading some philosophical texts and to think together about the manifest and puzzling intelligibility of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Linck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Matthew Linck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939839082751,"sku":"9781589881365","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_193f652d-1236-4f75-8ced-6b86c85be0e9.jpg?v=1681443788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wakefulness-and-world-matthew-linck-9781589881365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}