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What did you like about this audiobook?

Covers the landscape of metaphysics well, perfectly fine as an introduction to the subject. I liked the readers style found him to be humorous and a good communicator of the concepts. ( some reviewers didn't like his voice - to fussy in my opinion, didn't bother me one iota) Enjoyed it and if you are interested in learning about the ultimate nature of reality this is a good place to start.

How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?

yes

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A complete mind-hump.

A challenge in places but that is the point, it will put you out of your comfort zone. Having said this it was a good experience filled with lots of little gems. Like mental yoga, it's not that comfortable at the time, but you'll feel all the better for it.

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Enjoyably mind boggling

I thoroughly enjoyed this and need to listen to it several times, as it's mind-blowing complex stuff, that I can just about grasp; I love science, it fascinates me.

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Bravo! Complicated subject simplified

A really enjoyable and though provoking listen. A step-by-step guide that takes you from the everyday to the mind blowing - are we living in a computer?

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Truly interesting and useful series of lectures

I’m a post grad philosophy student and I found these lectures stimulating and useful. It’s a very science heavy approach, which is fine. It focuses quite heavily in the early lectures on philosophy of mind, personal identity etc. and in latter lectures on an exploration of the metaphysical implications of our currently best scientific theories which inform our knowledge of the physical world, diving into god as the filling in the sandwich. Very well presented by an enthusiastic and entertaining lecturer. He’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea (I like him - and I really want to try sweet potato fries from Johnny Rockets, whatever that is) Seriously, if you are doing a general philosophy course at undergrad or even post grad level, you will likely find this useful (obviously depending on your specialism, I mean check out the chapters and if you consider yourself an expert on it all, firstly, well done, and secondly ok, maybe not for you. But I consider it unlikely that you won’t find something of interest) and I still think it’s very accessible for the casual listener, as good philosophy should be. The reading list and notes, as always in a Great Courses programme are all you could ask for. Seriously, if you are interested in metaphysics, or even if you are studying metaphysics and could do with a bit of breadth along the lines I’ve described, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

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Where does Exploring Metaphysics rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Good but like others I found Johnson's voice a tad irriating

Who was your favorite character and why?

NA

What didn’t you like about Professor David K. Johnson’s performance?

Irritating manner.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

NA

Any additional comments?

One thing that helped was slow the speed down to 90. Also listen to an chapter and then read the course material.

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I think the narrator has passion

The narration is spoken with an obvious passion for philosophy and is way better than the monotonous monotone of some narrators.
The content is substantial, a good introduction to the complex field of philosophy that is metaphysics

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A brilliant course

What is real, and how can we, if at all, tell? What does science tell us about reality, and what are we to make of that?

The course asks fundamental questions and gives a variety of tentative answers for each, leaving it up to you to pick and choose, but not without letting you know that you are wrong no matter what you chose.

A truly great course indeed!

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Arghhhhhh

After a short listen to the preview it seemed very interesting although the readers voice was a little odd. After buying it and listening, I could not stand the high machine gun like staccato rendition of a subject by the professor it probably would have been very interesting indeed.
If a reader of some ability was to comfortably pass on this information I would really like to "get into" Metaphysics. What a shame, the other courses have been very good.

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Worth giving a missing.

What would have made Exploring Metaphysics better?

Having a narrator that was less high pitched, less raving, less screeching. It really is very annoying to listen to

What will your next listen be?

Any thing not narrated by the current author.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The poorest reading style I have ever listened to. This book is worth missing at any cost

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Exploring Metaphysics?

The narrators voice.

Any additional comments?

I really would like my money back.

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