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Thinking to Some Purpose Susan Stebbing

Thinking to Some Purpose By Susan Stebbing

Thinking to Some Purpose by Susan Stebbing

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Unavailable for many years, Stebbing's Thinking to Some Purpose is a classic manual of how to think clearly and remains astonishingly insightful. This edition includes a new Foreword by Nigel Warburton and a helpful Introduction by Peter West, who places Susan Stebbing's classic book in historical and philosophical context.

Thinking to Some Purpose Summary

Thinking to Some Purpose by Susan Stebbing

A classic of how to think clearly and critically and ahead of its time in anticipating the threats to democracy by poor argument and shoddy reasoning

Engaging, clear and witty, it is a brilliant example of how philosophy can connect with the concerns with everyone and requires no knowledge of the subject

Susan Stebbing was the first woman in the UK to be appointed a professor of philosophy, in 1933

A new foreword by Nigel Warburton and introduction by Peter West help to set Stebbing book in helpful context

About Susan Stebbing

Susan Stebbing (1885-1943) was a leading figure in British philosophy between the First and Second World Wars. The first woman in the UK to be appointed to a full professorship in philosophy, in 1933, she taught at Bedford College (now Royal Holloway University). She was best known for her work on logic before turning more generally to the study of thinking and reasoning. At a time when analytic philosophy was largely confined to technical questions, her work stood out for engaging with contemporary issues and addressing a wider public audience. Philosophy and the Physicists (1937) and Thinking to Some Purpose (1939) were critiques of the language used in popular science communication and in everyday genres such as political speeches, advertisements and newspaper editorials.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Routledge Edition, Introduction to the Routledge Edition, Preface to the 1939 Edition, 1. Prologue: Are the English Illogical?, 2. Thinking and Doing, 3. A Mind in Blinkers, 4. You and I: And You, 5. Bad Language and Twisted Thinking, 6. Potted Thinking, 7. Propaganda: An Obstacle, 8. Difficulties of an Audience, 9. Illustration and Analogy, 10. The Unpopularity of Being Moderate, 11. On Being Misled by Half, and Other Fractions, 12. Slipping Away from the Point, 13. Taking Advantage of Our Stupidity, 14. Testing our Beliefs, 15. Epilogue: Democracy and Freedom of Mind, Index

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GOR013661001
9781032155951
1032155957
Thinking to Some Purpose by Susan Stebbing
Susan Stebbing
Used - Like New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20220630
264
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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