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EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS - PAPERBACK EDITION

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1096590093 A special revised edition of the well reviewed "15 Women Philosophers you should have learned about in school but probably didn't." Originally published by the former Decoded Science. Now updated and extended. It's time women philosophers had a platform and true acknowledgment for their great courage and unique insight in spite of - or maybe because of - the obstacles and upsets they encountered on their journey. The under-representation of women in philosophy is an unfortunate truth. The development of women's philosophical work today spans the three waves of feminism starting in the late 1800s. This history did not spring from a vacuum. Before the early suffragettes lies a plethora of amazing, smart-thinking women prepared to speak up and to suffer for their beliefs.From brave Hypatia of Alexandria and bookworm Maria le Jars de Tournay, to the stunning Mary Wollstonecraft, who was so far advanced in her thinking that w...

PHILOSOPHERS OF ANCIENT TIMES ~ BEAUTIFUL INSIGHTS AND MAD MOMENTS

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Why Science Needs Philosophy

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WHY SCIENCE NEEDS PHILOSOPHY AVAILABLE ON AMAZON NOW! Philosophy is needed more than ever in the world today. Philosophy is the search for wisdom, and ethical philosophy helps us to make wiser choices. Through science, we can learn about the world and discover exactly what we can, or cannot, do. Philosophy says, "Okay, but is this a good idea? Will it help to further human interests? Will it be harmful to people, animals, the environment, the planet?" Philosophy helps us to work out why we should choose to act the way we do, or whether we need to make provisions or compromises. Sometimes the decisions we make are difficult and depend a great deal on perspective - and sometimes it seems no one way can be completely right. With the help of philosophers and other experts, this book attempts to ask those difficult questions and maybe address some of these issues. The debate must continue...

EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS

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EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS IS NOW ON THE KINDLE BOOKSHELF A special revised edition of the well reviewed "15 Women Philosophers you should have learned about in school but probably didn't." Originally published by the former Decoded Science. It's time women philosophers had a platform and true acknowledgment for their great courage and unique insight in spite of - or maybe because of - the obstacles and upsets they encountered on their journey. This is a start but it's far from finished - we still have a long way to go. Paperback version also available - go to the Kindle Book Store.

8 Actions that will Infuriate the Writer in your Life

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Royalty Free Image (Bing) 1. When you get home early from work, don't go bouncing into her study while she is writing and ask if dinner is on. She's had a hard day creating wonderful prose - get the dinner on yourself. 2. Don't interrupt her if you see her sitting with a faraway look in her eyes and biting on her pencil, She has just had a mind-blowing insight about her central protagonist. Those amazing, wonderful insights can scuttle right into the darkest depths of the mind never to be recalled if they are interrupted at a sensitive juncture. Be warned. Shut your mouth and make yourself scarce. 3.Don't insist on reading her early drafts. Writers are sensitive about notes that are not yet edited and polished. She may want your advice - if she truly trusts you - and you should be honoured if this is the case. Otherwise wait until she offers. 4.Don't be cross if she creeps out of bed in the middle of the night to go fix something in her current novel which...