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'The Philosopher', March 2000'Think'. Now what kind of title is that? Is it short for 'How to Think'? Or 'Things to Think'? It's not a sentence, its not a noun, its not even what philosophers might call a 'signifier'. As it stands, its just a lone participle masquerading as an activity.... And, if so, then equally perhaps is the book. Masquerading as active philosophy, it is ... a fairly p*s*ive recipe that is on offer. One of the few invitations to philosophize comes in the welcome discussion of some thought experiments...Overall, its ponderous prose belies the publisher hype. It turns out that 'Think' is closer to 'Think!', an injunction issued to a recalcitrant student by their exasperated lecturer, than it is to any of the above possibilities... --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who thinks there are big questions lurking out there, but does not know how to approach them. Written by the author of the bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. See all Reviews 
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