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Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts – David Baggett, Shawn Klein – Google Books
Unfortunatly, I did not enjoy it, save for maybe one or philoophy essays. However, I thought this was interesting because I’m personally interested, and the footnote mentioning Being Good: Another problem that many of my classmates found was that the authors were not well informed of the things that previous expects ha This book sucks.
I think this book presents its ideas in a very clear way that even pootter youngest audiences of Harry Potter would be able to have a good introduction to philosophical thought. Open Court- Fiction – pages.
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts
But give the essays a chance because they will further enhance the reading experience of the HP books. How Snape, who was portrayed as morally duplicitous, could be high on philosopny scale; how others could be so low. The essays only cover the Harry Potter series through the fifth book too and now that the series is long ended, it was annoying to wade through incorrect predictions.
Read this if you want to freak people out with just how much geek you can pull from the series. The other articles I didn’t really find interesting. Id 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Bassham is not a very strong writer and a lot of the statements he makes made me feel very uncomfortable or having me shaking my head.
But it was published before the last The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Ships from and sold by Amazon. Get to Know Us. Contents George A Reisch. To ask other readers questions about Harry Potter and Philosophyplease sign up.
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Personally, with an interest in Harry Potter and Philosophy as separate subjects, I found this book to be amazing. Harry Potter and Philosophy: In Harry Potter and Philosophy, 17 experts in the field of philosophy unlock some of Hogwarts’ secret panels, uncovering surprising insights that are enlightening both for It’s a very interesting read, especially for huge Harry Potter fans.
The authors of each essay included in this book have taken time to avoid making wrong character judgements. A book like this — in the line of the similarly engaging The Simpsons and Philosophy and The Matrix and Philosophy — is clearly earning laurels when its reader’s main complaint is that it doesn’t cover all seven of the Potter books.
Two deficits spring to mind: HP appears to be one of the earlier series installments- I suspect the editors were still experimenting. Harry Potter and Philosophy: The Morality and Psychology of Self-Deception – Diana Mertz Hsieh This is a very strong essay that has a great array of examples from both philosophy and Harry Potter to back it her claims.
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts – Google Books
In Harry Potter and Philosophy, seventeen philosophical experts unlock some of Hogwarts’ secret panels, and uncover surprising insights that are hsrry both for wizards and the most discerning muggles. Turely interesting, all the way through.
Withoutabox Submit to Film Festivals. A couple were fairly simplistic. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Customers who viewed this philowophy also viewed.