Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress

Ideas discussed in the book, include:

• propaganda need not be irrational
• science need not be rational
• extremism need not be bad
• tax evasion need not be immoral
• anarchy need not be uninviting
• democracy need not remain as it generally is
• humans might have immaterial souls
• human minds might have all-but-unlimited powers
• knowing might be nothing beyond being correct
• space and time might not be ‘out there’ in reality
• value might be the foundational part of reality
• value might differ in an infinitely repeating reality
• reality is One
• reality is vague

In brief, the volume pursues adventures in philosophy. This spirit of philosophical risk-taking and openness to new, ‘large’ ideas were vital to philosophy’s ancient origins, and they may also be fertile ground today for philosophical progress.