{"product_id":"scott-adams-and-philosophy-paperback","title":"Scott Adams and Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Yim\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGalen Foresman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs cartoonist, author, public speaker, blogger, and periscoper, Scott Adams has had best-sellers in several different fields: his Dilbert cartoons, his meditations on the philosophy of Dilbert, his works on how to achieve success in business and all other areas of life, his two remarkable books on religion, and now his controversial work on political persuasion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adams's two most recent best-sellers are \u003ci\u003eHow to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eWin Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). Adams predicted Donald Trump's election victory (on August 13th 2016) and has explained then and more recently how Trump operates as a Master Persuader, using \"weapons-grade\" persuasive techniques to defeat his opponents and often to stay several moves ahead of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adams has provocative ideas in many areas, for example his outrageous claim that 30 percent of the population have absolutely no sense of humor, and take their cue from conventional opinion in deciding whether something is a joke, since they have no way of deciding this for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eScott Adams and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, an elite cadre of people who think for a living put Scott Adams's ideas under scrutiny. Every aspect of Adams's fascinating and infuriating system of ideas is explained and tested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the key topics: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes humor inform us about reality? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo religious extremists know something the rest of us don't? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are facts and how can they not matter? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat happens when confirmation bias meets cognitive dissonance? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can we tell whether President Trump is a genius or just dumb-lucky? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes the Dilbert philosophy discourage the struggle for better workplace conditions? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow sound is Adams's claim that \"systems\" thinking beats goal-directed thinking? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes Dilbert exhibit a Nietzschean or a Kierkegaardian sense of life? Or is it Sisyphian in Camus's sense? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan truth be over-rated? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The political side that is out of power is the side that hallucinates the most.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf there's a serious chance we're living in a\u003ci\u003e Matri\u003c\/i\u003ex-type simulation, how should we change our behavior? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre most public policy issues just too complex and technical for most people to have an opinion about? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn politics, says Adams, it's as if different people watch the same movie at the same time, some thinking it's a romantic comedy and others thinking it's a horror picture. How is that possible? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes logic play any part in persuasion?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Yim is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Bethel College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He specializes in early modern philosophy, the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, the philosophy of popular culture, and the epistemology of self-deception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Galen Foresman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina A\u0026amp;T State University. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Critical Thinking Toolkit\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eSupernatural and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Arp is author of \u003ci\u003eScenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good on TV: Teaching Ethics through Television\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). He is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Philosophy: The Nature of His Game\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Game of Thrones and Philosophy: You Think or Die\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry\u003ci\u003e (2012).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757326401824,"sku":"9780812699777","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/03309e5e02eb1ad7d43ea2e24223db06.webp?v=1780099688","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/scott-adams-and-philosophy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}