{"product_id":"book-u569","title":"The Worst Ideas in Western Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 2,500 years, Western civilization's brightest minds have been having spectacularly terrible ideas and convincing everyone else they're profound wisdom. From Plato's reality-denying Forms to postmodernism's truth-denying everything, philosophers have turned the simple act of being human into an impossibly complicated nightmare of bad theories and worse consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is your hilarious, savage, and surprisingly educational tour through philosophy's greatest disasters:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Plato thought your entire life was fake (and why tech bros still believe him)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Descartes split humans into ghosts driving meat robots\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Kant's moral system would let Nazis murder your family rather than tell a lie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Marx explained all of history through economics while mooching off his capitalist friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy philosophers convinced themselves that nothing matters while still caring very much about tenure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith biting wit and savage humor, this book exposes the elaborate nonsense that passes for profound wisdom in philosophy departments worldwide. You'll learn to spot bad ideas before they ruin your worldview, understand why smart people believe stupid things, and discover why that one philosophy major at every party is always so insufferable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50167267066160,"sku":"BDu569","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/u569-cover.jpg?v=1758689600","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-u569","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}