The Dream Weaver One Boy's Journey Through the Landscape of Reality (Anniversary Edition)

by Bowen, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780205528868
• ISBN10: 0205528864
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-12
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Join 14-year-old Ian Pinkle in a series of strange experiences that introduce the ideas of over 150 philosophers-from Socrates and Confucius to Noam Chomsky and the Dalai Lama. In each chapter. Ian encounters another thought-provoking adventure-and along with him, his readers develop answers to the timeless questions of philosophy: How do we determine ethics and morality? Do humans have free will? Does God exist? What are the mind and soul like, if anything? Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jack Bowen teaches philosophy at Menlo School in Atherton, California

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Note to Reader	p. xiv
Chronological List of Philosophers Encountered by Ian	p. xv
Prologue: This Is the Title of the Prologue	p. 1
A Note from the Old Man	p. 4
Knowledge	p. 7
What Really Really Happened	p. 29
Self, Mind, Soul	p. 35
What's in a Name?	p. 62
Science	p. 69
We Are It	p. 97
The Liar, Motion, and a "Surprise"	p. 103
Silent Lonesome Tree	p. 118
God	p. 123
The Purpose of Meaning	p. 147
Evil	p. 151
The Price of a Paper and a Paper for a Price	p. 169
Going East	p. 171
No Thing	p. 188
The Problem with Solutions	p. 188
Faith and Reason	p. 195
Why He Loves Her	p. 210
Free Will	p. 215
The Power of the Hill	p. 240
Selfishness (and Science Revisited)	p. 245
The Power of the Quill	p. 259
Heaps and Eggs	p. 263
The Hanging Town	p. 276
Society, Politics, and Money	p. 281
If Only	p. 304
Ethics and Morality	p. 309
Can You (Not) Believe It?	p. 337
The Final Excursion	p. 341
The Words After All Previous Words: Souls (Revisited) and Brains (Visited)... and Humans	p. 351
Afterword: The "First" Excursion-The Author Authors	p. 371
Reading Group Discussion Questions	p. 375
KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny: Interview with Jack Bowen	p. 393
Lyrics to "Beautiful Colors" by Matt and Jack Bowen	p. 402
Questions for Discussion	p. 403
Index	p. 405
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