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How Could I Believe in Santa Claus?

Philosophy in Everyday Life - Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

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How Could I Believe in Santa Claus?

Philosophy in Everyday Life - Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

How to be yourself at a party where you don’t know anyone? (Does the self exist?) Why does Grandma put a cap and a plaid sweater on her Yorkie? (Do animals have a reason?) How could I have stayed with such a stupid guy for so long? (Do we only desire things that we consider good?) When we hear “philosophy,” we sometimes think of incomprehensible or boring books. The very names of the authors are unpronounceable: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger. Living or dead, they often look like zombies. They are in their own world and use words that we do not always understand, like “idiosyncrasy,” “ontological,” or “transcendental.” In this book, we hope to remove these prejudices. Philosophy is not boring; it allows us to understand complex things in a simple way, and therefore it is never far from everyday life. It speaks to everyone. It is for everyone. Born in 1974, from Rouen, Gilles Vervisch is a teacher and a professor of philosophy.

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Max Milo

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ISBN 10

2315011779

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9782315011773

Ounces of Philosophy in a World of Ads

Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

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Ounces of Philosophy in a World of Ads

Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

“That’s the game my dear Lucette!” (What is happiness?) “Beef, the taste of being together.” (What is religion?) “Because you’re worth it.” (Who am I?) The “creators” of ads seem to be teaching us to live through the great “concepts” of philosophy, such as happiness, freedom, nature, the self or religion. But how many ounces of philosophy are there in this world of ads? That’s the question this book asks, without forgetting to include a dose of humor in its ingredients. Born in Rouen in 1974, Gilles Vervisch is an associate professor of philosophy, a high school teacher and a radio host. He is the author of Comment ai-je pu croire au Père Noël? (2009), De la tête aux pieds (2010), and Tais-toi et double! (2011).

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113

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Max Milo

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2315012856

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9782315012855

Stranger Philo

By: Gilles Vervisch

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Stranger Philo

By: Gilles Vervisch

Que se cache-t-il derrière Stranger Things ? Un laboratoire secret, une petite ville américaine des années 1980, une bande de jeunes et des monstres venus d’un autre monde. Il n’en faut pas plus pour comprendre le succès de cette série et, surtout, les questions philosophiques que l’on peut en tirer : est-ce que c’était mieux avant ? La nostalgie n’est-elle pas une illusion ? Ce « monde à l’envers » ne rappelle-t-il pas l’allégorie de la caverne de Platon ou les mondes possibles du philosophe Leibniz ? Et tous ces monstres ne représentent-ils pas la part d’ombre en chacun de nous ? Qui suis-je ? Gilles Vervisch propose un exercice de pop philosophie, pour montrer ce qu’il y a de Nietzsche dans le regard de Jim Hopper, en quoi les bains d’isolation sensorielle d’Eleven s’inspirent de Descartes, et comment Max a pu sauver son âme avec une chanson. La série Stranger Things se révèle ainsi un bon moyen d’aborder des notions essentielles de philosophie, comme le temps, le bien et le mal, le destin ou la vérité, en se demandant si Will Byers est fou ou lucide, si les mormons ont l’électricité, et comment Eleven parvient à voyager dans un réfrigérateur de pâte à pizza.

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Flammarion

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2080432591

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9782080432599

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How Could I Believe in Santa Claus?

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Ounces of Philosophy in a World of Ads

Ounces of Philosophy in a World of Ads

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