"Philosophical Explanations" "will attract intelligent people of
all backgrounds...Nozick is moved by a splendid passion...His
arguments link his explanations to what he is rightly confident of
his vision of a persistent role for philosophy in common life.
ÝNozick is¨ a theorist with a style and method of his own, and
ideas as bold as they are bright. -- Maurice Cranston "Washington
Post Book World"
ÝThis¨ remarkable new book...brings a reader into immediate and
unmistakable contact with an uncommon mind. The clarity of
ÝNozick's¨ style mirrors the lucidity of his thought...This is a
major book. -- Robert Taylor "Boston Globe"
An important book...ÝNozick is¨ a philosopher who is answering the
questions posed by such philosophers as Kierkegaard, Sartre, Marcel
and Buber with the aid of tools produced by such very different
philosophers as W. V. Quine, Saul Kripke and Hilary Putnam...ÝHe
displays a¨ striking and imaginative originality. For he does
nothing less than propose a new way of doing philosophy...Perhaps
one good way for the serious general reader to attack this often
difficult but always rewarding book would be to begin at the end.
First read the fine last chapter on 'Philosophy and the Meaning of
Life'...It should then be very clear why it is important for you,
whoever you are, to go back and read the rest of this book. --
Alasdair MacIntyre "New York Times Book Review"
It is important for you, whoever you are, to read...this book.
It is not surprising that Nozick has a following. He does not come
at the reader with heavy solemnity. His prose style is insouciant,
his manner whimsical, and he gives every indication of having lots
of fun.
Nozick is "a theorist with a style and a method of his own, and
ideas as bold as they are bright."
Nozick is moved by a splendid passion...His arguments link his
explanations to what he is rightly confident of...his vision of a
persistent role for philosophy in common life. -- Ian Hacking "New
Republic"
This "remarkable new book...brings a reader into immediate and
unmistakable contact with an uncommon mind. The clarity of
ÝNozick's¨ style mirrors the lucidity of his thought...This is a
major book.
Toward the end of his talented, diverse...book, Robert Nozick
embraces the idea of philosophy as an art form, and of the
philosopher as a literary creator who works with ideas...ÝThis
book¨ is as brilliant and exciting as anything in contemporary
philosophy. -- Bernard Williams "New York Review of Books"
An important book...[Nozick is] a philosopher who is answering the
questions posed by such philosophers as Kierkegaard, Sartre, Marcel
and Buber with the aid of tools produced by such very different
philosophers as W. V. Quine, Saul Kripke and Hilary Putnam...[He
displays a] striking and imaginative originality. For he does
nothing less than propose a new way of doing philosophy...Perhaps
one good way for the serious general reader to attack this often
difficult but always rewarding book would be to begin at the end.
First read the fine last chapter on 'Philosophy and the Meaning of
Life'...It should then be very clear why it is important for you,
whoever you are, to go back and read the rest of this book.
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