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How the World Thinks

A Global History of Philosophy

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How the World Thinks

By: Julian Baggini
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All cultures are different and have different ways of thinking.

In How the World Thinks, Julian Baggini travels the globe to provide a hugely wide-ranging map of human thought. He shows us how distinct branches of philosophy flowered simultaneously in China, India and Ancient Greece, growing from local myths and stories - and how contemporary cultural attitudes, with particular attention to the West, East Asia, the Muslim World and Africa, have developed out of the philosophical histories of their regions.

Interviewing thinkers from all around the world, he asks why, for instance, do our European systems of governments and justice differ so widely from the East? Why can Islam not easily incorporate secular knowledge? How do we understand China? By gaining greater knowledge of how others think, we can become less certain of the knowledge we think we have, the first step to greater understanding.

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Despite including many world views in this book, the author sadly investigates each culture’s philosophy from a largely western perspective. For example, a misunderstanding of Karma as fatalism, and a very biased interjection of opinion at various points. Nonetheless a good read.

Cute but colonial

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Get enlightened and acquainted with other perspectives. The author has studied, analyzed and compiled an impressive amount of knowledge about philosophies and philosophical views. I consider mysel openminded and internationally experienced. But I have mearned so much. I will come back to this book again. Maybe also buy a paper copy.

Get enlightened and acquainted with other perspectives

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Contains some interesting insights into the philosophy of a broad range of cultures. Good listen.

Good book

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Good coverage and detail on different philosophies around the world. at times it can be quite heavy going but I found it full of information and structured very well indeed. I came away much more aware of different beliefs and thinking from around the globe.

Good coverage and detail on different philosophies

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The lisped mispronounced Indian word started to take a toll on me in under 30 minutes. "if you're going to explain philosophical concepts atleast know how to communicate by pronouning them correctly" From then on it was a chore to listen to how the words were pronounced. Do not rate. Would not listen to reader again.

took less than 30mins to dislike the audio reading

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