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Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy
Josef Steiff
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Description for Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy
Paperback. A collection of essays that shows that Sherlock Holmes sees things others don't. It explores the source of Holmes' faculty of observation and facility for deduction: Is it systematic training (as Watson surmises), genetics, or is he just really lucky? Editor(s): Steiff, Josef. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
This entertaining collection of essays deserves to exist because Sherlock Holmes sees things others don't. He sees the world in a different way, and by so doing, allows us to see that same world -- and human behavior -- in different ways as well. Oh, sure, there have been countless detectives who have followed in his footsteps and who seem to rival his abilities. Just turn on the TV or browse the local bookshop and you'll find idiosyncratic super sleuths using forensics and reasoning to solve a whole host of crimes and misdeeds. And yet no one ... Read more
This entertaining collection of essays deserves to exist because Sherlock Holmes sees things others don't. He sees the world in a different way, and by so doing, allows us to see that same world -- and human behavior -- in different ways as well. Oh, sure, there have been countless detectives who have followed in his footsteps and who seem to rival his abilities. Just turn on the TV or browse the local bookshop and you'll find idiosyncratic super sleuths using forensics and reasoning to solve a whole host of crimes and misdeeds. And yet no one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780812697315
SKU
V9780812697315
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 10 to 12 working days
Ref
99-15
About Josef Steiff
Professor Josef Steiff is Associate Chair of the Film & Video Department at Columbia College, Chicago. He is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Independent Filmmaking and co-editor of Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy, Anime and Philosophy, and Manga and Philosophy. He lives in Chicago.
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