{"product_id":"the-plato-cult-and-other-philosophical-follies-hardback-9780631177098","title":"The Plato Cult; and Other Philosophical Follies (Hardback) 9780631177098","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Plato Cult\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eand Other Philosophical Follies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Stove (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631177098, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 January 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a book of philosophy, written by a philosopher and intended for anyone who knows enough philosophy to have been seriously injured, antagonised, mystified or intoxicated by it. Stove is passionately polemical, a philosophical counterpart to Tom Wolfe. Setting out to deflate a few philosophical reputations, he lambastes both the dead (Plato, Hegel, Kant, Foucault) and the living (Popper, Nozick, Feyerabend, Goodman). Yet he says things that need to be said, and that others often lack the courage to say.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCole Porter and Karl Popper, or the Jazz Age in the philosphy of science\u003cbr\u003e philosophy and lunacy, or Nelson Goodman and the omnipotence of words\u003cbr\u003e \"always apologize, always explain - Robert Nozick's war wounds\u003cbr\u003e \"I only am escaped alone to tell thee\" - epistemology and the Ishmael effect\u003cbr\u003e idealism - a Victorian horror story\u003cbr\u003e what is wrong with our thoughts? - a neo-positivist credo.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470036431128,"sku":"9780631177098","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631177098.jpg?v=1785629114","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-plato-cult-and-other-philosophical-follies-hardback-9780631177098","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}