Programs
https://philosophypathways.com/programs/pak1.html
Books
https://philosophypathways.com/#books
Since 1995 when Pathways was first launched, hundreds of students have followed the six Pathways to Philosophy programs.
In 2019 I took the decision to make the six Pathways available as stand-alone books for students who didn't need external support:
- The Possible World Machine
- Searching for the Soul
- The First Philosophers
- Language and the World
- Reason, Values and Conduct
- The Ultimate Nature of Things
The text of each stand-alone book is identical to that of the fifteen unit program, including the five sets of essay questions.
Sadly, to date, only two reviews of the Pathways programs have appeared on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. If you enjoyed reading these why not write a review?
Many customers don't realize that you don't need to have purchased a book on Amazon in order to be able to write a review. All you need is to have an account with Amazon that you are actively using.
A review can be as long as an essay, or just one or two lines. It is normal to give five stars unless you feel that the book falls short of your expectations in some way. That's how these things are interpreted.
The same applies to my eight (or nine) books:
- The Metaphysics of Meaning (2016)
- Naive Metaphysics: a theory of subjective and objective worlds (2016)
- Ethical Dilemmas: a primer for decision makers (2016)
- Philosophizer (2016)
- Philosophy Q and A (2017)
- Philosophizer (Black Edition) (2017)
- Philosophizer's Bible (2019)
- I Might Not Have Existed But Someone Exactly Like Me
Might Have Existed In My Place: the idiotic conundrum (2020)
- A Better Ray Gun and Other Tales: twenty sci-fi
stories with a philosophical twist (2020)
If you go to https://philosophypathways.com/#books you will find links that you can click that will open a page on Amazon where you can write a review of one or more of my books.
If you go to https://philosophypathways.com/programs/pak1.html you will find links that you can click for the six stand-alone Pathways to Philosophy.
I have given links for Amazon US and Amazon UK. If you have an account on a different Amazon just change the URL (to amazon.de, amazon.com.au, amazon.fr or etc.)
I would appreciate it if you would consider writing a review.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
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Geoffrey Klempner
klempner@fastmail.net
16th June 2020
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[Pathways] 'A Better Ray Gun and Other Tales' by Geoffrey Klempner
A Better Ray Gun and Other Tales: twenty sci-fi stories with a philosophical twist
I have published another book, which is available in Kindle format and in paperback from Amazon:
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089XZGRHF
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089XZGRHF
The sci-fi short stories collected in this book were written at two different times. I wrote ten over 1990-1 for philosophy classes run by the WEA, Sheffield. I later used these for first-year tutorial sessions at Sheffield University.
In 1995, my sci-fi stories became the backbone of the first of my six Pathways to Philosophy, 'The Possible World Machine'. Over the years, they have been read and commented on by numerous students from every angle and have stood the test of time.
One of these stories, 'The Black Box' was selected for the 5th edition of 'Doing Philosophy: an introduction through thought experiments' edited by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn, published by McGraw Hill.
This prompted me to have another try, and in 2012 I wrote another ten sci-fi stories. All were around 800 words, more sketches than complete stories and in need of further development. But I kept putting this off until now. The pandemic may well have played a significant part in prompting me to work on these until I was satisfied with the result. Extracts can be found at https://philosophicaltales.blogspot.com.
CONTENTS
A Better Ray Gun
The Black Box
I Love Your Waspish Waist
Walkabout
A Million Dark Years
A Case of Doubt
The Last... What?
A Lesson in Biology
Alien Baby
The Insurance Policy
Perfect Day
The Good Witness
Hare and Hounds
The Fatalists
Hold That Sucker Down
The Ministry of Perception
Go Deep
Space Hopper
That Feeling When
Message From a Lonely Planet
Geoffrey Klempner
klempner@fastmail.net
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
I have published another book, which is available in Kindle format and in paperback from Amazon:
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089XZGRHF
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089XZGRHF
The sci-fi short stories collected in this book were written at two different times. I wrote ten over 1990-1 for philosophy classes run by the WEA, Sheffield. I later used these for first-year tutorial sessions at Sheffield University.
In 1995, my sci-fi stories became the backbone of the first of my six Pathways to Philosophy, 'The Possible World Machine'. Over the years, they have been read and commented on by numerous students from every angle and have stood the test of time.
One of these stories, 'The Black Box' was selected for the 5th edition of 'Doing Philosophy: an introduction through thought experiments' edited by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn, published by McGraw Hill.
This prompted me to have another try, and in 2012 I wrote another ten sci-fi stories. All were around 800 words, more sketches than complete stories and in need of further development. But I kept putting this off until now. The pandemic may well have played a significant part in prompting me to work on these until I was satisfied with the result. Extracts can be found at https://philosophicaltales.blogspot.com.
CONTENTS
A Better Ray Gun
The Black Box
I Love Your Waspish Waist
Walkabout
A Million Dark Years
A Case of Doubt
The Last... What?
A Lesson in Biology
Alien Baby
The Insurance Policy
Perfect Day
The Good Witness
Hare and Hounds
The Fatalists
Hold That Sucker Down
The Ministry of Perception
Go Deep
Space Hopper
That Feeling When
Message From a Lonely Planet
Geoffrey Klempner
klempner@fastmail.net
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
[Pathways] New book by Geoffrey Klempner
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Kindle version of my new book 'I Might Not Have Existed But Someone Exactly Like Me Might Have Existed In My Place: the idiotic conundrum'. A paperback version will be following soon.
Here is the Amazon.com page for my book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089FQZVQR
(The cover design is intentionally provocative.)
From the description:
"This book represents the product of a year's work on a single Question (note the capital letter), which I call the 'idiotic conundrum'. It falls into two Parts, plus an Appendix.
"Part I consists of writing done over July and August 2019. I didn't know then, or hadn't planned that this would turn into a book. I was simply pursuing an investigation, and in each writing session something came to light that I hadn't considered before. I stopped when I ran out of new ideas.
"Part II consists of writing done during May 2020. A new lead had emerged, and I pursued it as far as I could. It ends with a discovery that has forced me to reassess all the work I have done to date.
"In the Appendix, I have placed transcripts of my three recent YouTube videos, which deal with the same Question. These were done in September and December 2019 and February 2020, in between the two pieces of writing."
Geoffrey Klempner
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
Here is the Amazon.com page for my book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089FQZVQR
(The cover design is intentionally provocative.)
From the description:
"This book represents the product of a year's work on a single Question (note the capital letter), which I call the 'idiotic conundrum'. It falls into two Parts, plus an Appendix.
"Part I consists of writing done over July and August 2019. I didn't know then, or hadn't planned that this would turn into a book. I was simply pursuing an investigation, and in each writing session something came to light that I hadn't considered before. I stopped when I ran out of new ideas.
"Part II consists of writing done during May 2020. A new lead had emerged, and I pursued it as far as I could. It ends with a discovery that has forced me to reassess all the work I have done to date.
"In the Appendix, I have placed transcripts of my three recent YouTube videos, which deal with the same Question. These were done in September and December 2019 and February 2020, in between the two pieces of writing."
Geoffrey Klempner
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
[Pathways] 'Metaphyscal Vision' by D. R. Khashaba
METAPHYSICAL VISION
Collection of essays presenting my final philosophical statement in the form of a personal metaphysical vision.
Download pdf:
https://ia601508.us.archive.org/3/items/metaphysical-vision/METAPHYSICAL%20VISION.pdf
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
Collection of essays presenting my final philosophical statement in the form of a personal metaphysical vision.
Download pdf:
https://ia601508.us.archive.org/3/items/metaphysical-vision/METAPHYSICAL%20VISION.pdf
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
[Pathways] Public lecture by Zoom: Jane Heal, 11 May
Public lecture by Zoom: Jane Heal
You are cordially invited to join the University of Manchester Philosophy Department for this year's Dorothy Emmet Lecture, coming to you via Zoom.
When: Monday 11 May, 5pm-6.15pm (45 mins talk, 30 mins Q&A)
Speaker: Jane Heal (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge)
Title: On Underestimating "Us"
"Human beings are social animals. A solitary life would be horrible for most of us. What makes life worthwhile is being with others and engaging in shared projects with them. To do justice to these facts, philosophers (and economists and other social scientists) need to pay more attention to the first person plural, we/us, and to rethink their accounts of decision making and of value and virtue."
Being a public lecture it should be accessible to all — so if you have any non-philosophy friends who might like to come, or other channels to advertise it on, please do; we can accommodate up to 500 people and would love to have a big audience.
To register, go to:
https://tinyurl.com/emmet-2020
Or if you want to know a little bit more about it first (or post a link on social media):
https://tinyurl.com/emmet-2020-eventbrite
With best wishes,
Helen
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Helen Beebee | Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | School of Social Sciences | Humanities Bridgeford Street | University of Manchester | Manchester | M13 9PL
helen.beebee@manchester.ac.uk | https://www.manchester.ac.uk/philosophy
You are cordially invited to join the University of Manchester Philosophy Department for this year's Dorothy Emmet Lecture, coming to you via Zoom.
When: Monday 11 May, 5pm-6.15pm (45 mins talk, 30 mins Q&A)
Speaker: Jane Heal (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge)
Title: On Underestimating "Us"
"Human beings are social animals. A solitary life would be horrible for most of us. What makes life worthwhile is being with others and engaging in shared projects with them. To do justice to these facts, philosophers (and economists and other social scientists) need to pay more attention to the first person plural, we/us, and to rethink their accounts of decision making and of value and virtue."
Being a public lecture it should be accessible to all — so if you have any non-philosophy friends who might like to come, or other channels to advertise it on, please do; we can accommodate up to 500 people and would love to have a big audience.
To register, go to:
https://tinyurl.com/emmet-2020
Or if you want to know a little bit more about it first (or post a link on social media):
https://tinyurl.com/emmet-2020-eventbrite
With best wishes,
Helen
********************************************************
Helen Beebee | Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | School of Social Sciences | Humanities Bridgeford Street | University of Manchester | Manchester | M13 9PL
helen.beebee@manchester.ac.uk | https://www.manchester.ac.uk/philosophy
[Pathways] Open Access philosophy available from Springer
One of my students has alerted me to the fact that a large number of books and articles are currently available free online from Springer publishers:
https://link.springer.com/search?facet-discipline=%22Philosophy%22&showAll=false
This link will take you to the results page for Philosophy, excluding 'preview only' (subscription) content -- a massive 387 pages of results. In total, there are 7721 entries.
A veritable bonanza.
Geoffrey Klempner
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
https://link.springer.com/search?facet-discipline=%22Philosophy%22&showAll=false
This link will take you to the results page for Philosophy, excluding 'preview only' (subscription) content -- a massive 387 pages of results. In total, there are 7721 entries.
A veritable bonanza.
Geoffrey Klempner
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
[Pathways] 'Rethinking Whitehead: A critique of Whitehead's metaphysical cosmology' by D. R. Khashaba
RETHINKING WHITEHEAD
A critique of Whitehead's metaphysical cosmology
Whitehead's Process and Reality is subtitled "An Essay in Cosmology". In this essay I will, with utmost diffidence, try to show that Whitehead, in his inspiringly insightful philosophy of organism, has inadvertently strayed into an unnatural hybrid metaphysical cosmology [...]
https://philosophia937.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/rethinking-whitehead/
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
A critique of Whitehead's metaphysical cosmology
Whitehead's Process and Reality is subtitled "An Essay in Cosmology". In this essay I will, with utmost diffidence, try to show that Whitehead, in his inspiringly insightful philosophy of organism, has inadvertently strayed into an unnatural hybrid metaphysical cosmology [...]
https://philosophia937.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/rethinking-whitehead/
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
[Pathways] 'What is Philosophy? The Case for Relevance' by Max Malikow
Out on Amazon now:
'What Is Philosophy and Why Study It? The Case for Relevance'
by Max Malikow
The purpose of this book is to make the case for the study of philosophy being as relevant to real life as is the study of psychology. Since I have written for philosophy students I offer a caveat to anyone who has encountered this book apart from an academic assignment: Unavoidably, writing for a specific audience reduces the value of a book for readers who are outside the intended audience. Still, I hope anyone who invests in reading the pages that follow will be influenced to believe that philosophy is indeed relevant to the pursuit of a rich and meaningful life.
Paperback: 98 pages
Published: 20 Feb 2020
https://www.amazon.com/What-Philosophy-Why-Study-Relevance/dp/1733454020/
ISBN-10: 1733454020
ISBN-13: 978-1733454025
'What Is Philosophy and Why Study It? The Case for Relevance'
by Max Malikow
The purpose of this book is to make the case for the study of philosophy being as relevant to real life as is the study of psychology. Since I have written for philosophy students I offer a caveat to anyone who has encountered this book apart from an academic assignment: Unavoidably, writing for a specific audience reduces the value of a book for readers who are outside the intended audience. Still, I hope anyone who invests in reading the pages that follow will be influenced to believe that philosophy is indeed relevant to the pursuit of a rich and meaningful life.
Paperback: 98 pages
Published: 20 Feb 2020
https://www.amazon.com/What-Philosophy-Why-Study-Relevance/dp/1733454020/
ISBN-10: 1733454020
ISBN-13: 978-1733454025
[Pathways] Can anyone teach these philosophical topics over the summer by correspondence?
I have received this somewhat unusual inquiry from Nicola D'Alessandro. If you think that you would be suitably qualified to offer summer tuition via old-fashioned correspondence and/ or telephone please write to me at klempner@fastmail.net and I will forward your reply to Nicola.
----- Original message -----
From: Nicola D'Alessandro
To: klempner@fastmail.net
Subject: Courses enquiry
Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020 7:05 PM
Dear sir,
I'm looking for any information you have on correspondence courses and distance learning. I'm trying to find a suitable summer course for a client who is currently studying with the Open University and wants to make use of his summer break. He does *not* have internet access so the correspondence nature of the course is very important - he does have telephone, however!
Areas of interest are: self philosophy, Nietzsche, the Stoics, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates. (Off the agenda are ethics and humanitarianism, social philosophy).
If you have any thoughts or ideas then I would be most grateful.
Kind regards,
Nicola
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
----- Original message -----
From: Nicola D'Alessandro
To: klempner@fastmail.net
Subject: Courses enquiry
Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020 7:05 PM
Dear sir,
I'm looking for any information you have on correspondence courses and distance learning. I'm trying to find a suitable summer course for a client who is currently studying with the Open University and wants to make use of his summer break. He does *not* have internet access so the correspondence nature of the course is very important - he does have telephone, however!
Areas of interest are: self philosophy, Nietzsche, the Stoics, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates. (Off the agenda are ethics and humanitarianism, social philosophy).
If you have any thoughts or ideas then I would be most grateful.
Kind regards,
Nicola
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Pathways School of Philosophy
http://www.philosophypathways.com
International Society for Philosophers
http://www.isfp.co.uk
Books by Geoffrey Klempner
http://amzn.to/2eNgaOh
YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/gvklempner
https://www.facebook.com/geoffreyklempner/
[Pathways] 'Philosophy as a Universe of Discourse' by D.R. Khashaba
PHILOSOPHY AS UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE
The way to end the twin evils of dogmatism and interminable disputation in metaphysics.
"Throughout my writings I have been trying to put forward an uncommon conception of the nature of philosophical thinking. In this essay I go back to a concept that I introduced in my first book, 'Let Us Philosophize' (1998, 2008), and that has ever been fundamental to my philosophic outlook, hoping that by further specifying and articulating the concept I it might help men give a clearer and more definite account of metaphysical philosophy as I see it [...]"
https://philosophia937.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/philosophy-as-universe-of-discourse/
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
The way to end the twin evils of dogmatism and interminable disputation in metaphysics.
"Throughout my writings I have been trying to put forward an uncommon conception of the nature of philosophical thinking. In this essay I go back to a concept that I introduced in my first book, 'Let Us Philosophize' (1998, 2008), and that has ever been fundamental to my philosophic outlook, hoping that by further specifying and articulating the concept I it might help men give a clearer and more definite account of metaphysical philosophy as I see it [...]"
https://philosophia937.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/philosophy-as-universe-of-discourse/
D. R. Khashaba
dkhashaba@yahoo.com
[Pathways] 'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' by David Weissman - Open Book Publishers
'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' by David Weissman
There is agency in all we do: thinking, doing, or making. We invent a tune, play, or use it to celebrate an occasion. Or we make a conceptual leap and ask more abstract questions about the conditions for agency. They include autonomy and self-appraisal, each contested by arguments immersing us in circumstances we don't control. But can it be true we that have no personal responsibility for all we think and do?
'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' proposes that deliberation, choice, and free will emerged within the evolutionary history of animals with a physical advantage: organisms having cell walls or exoskeletons had an internal space within which to protect themselves from external threats or encounters. This defense was both structural and active: such organisms could ignore intrusions or inhibit risky behavior. Their capacities evolved with time: inhibition became the power to deliberate and choose the manner of one's responses. Hence the ability of humans and some other animals to determine their reactions to problematic situations or to information that alters values and choices. This is free will as a material power, not as the conclusion to a conceptual argument. Having it makes us morally responsible for much we do. It prefigures moral identity.
Closely argued but plainly written, 'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' speaks for autonomy and responsibility when both are eclipsed by ideas that embed us in history or tradition. Our sense of moral choice and freedom is accurate. We are not altogether the creatures of our circumstances.
This is an open access monograph that is available to read and download for free at Open Book Publishers. If you are interested in browsing this title, sharing the news with your colleagues and students and/or getting your own hard copy you can do so at https://www.openbookpublishers.com.
There is agency in all we do: thinking, doing, or making. We invent a tune, play, or use it to celebrate an occasion. Or we make a conceptual leap and ask more abstract questions about the conditions for agency. They include autonomy and self-appraisal, each contested by arguments immersing us in circumstances we don't control. But can it be true we that have no personal responsibility for all we think and do?
'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' proposes that deliberation, choice, and free will emerged within the evolutionary history of animals with a physical advantage: organisms having cell walls or exoskeletons had an internal space within which to protect themselves from external threats or encounters. This defense was both structural and active: such organisms could ignore intrusions or inhibit risky behavior. Their capacities evolved with time: inhibition became the power to deliberate and choose the manner of one's responses. Hence the ability of humans and some other animals to determine their reactions to problematic situations or to information that alters values and choices. This is free will as a material power, not as the conclusion to a conceptual argument. Having it makes us morally responsible for much we do. It prefigures moral identity.
Closely argued but plainly written, 'Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will' speaks for autonomy and responsibility when both are eclipsed by ideas that embed us in history or tradition. Our sense of moral choice and freedom is accurate. We are not altogether the creatures of our circumstances.
This is an open access monograph that is available to read and download for free at Open Book Publishers. If you are interested in browsing this title, sharing the news with your colleagues and students and/or getting your own hard copy you can do so at https://www.openbookpublishers.com.
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