Yet the cataclysmic destructiveness of World War One, in conjunction with continually changing ways of modern thought, seemed to not only mask all of this optimism, but also shatter it in a way that was, and still is completely unparalleled by any other time in history. ... In the area of science and physics people had always been able to rely on facts and laws that governed our universe and made it somewhat predictable. ... However, the introduction of a new type of physics that dealt with unpredictability in the most fundamental levels of matter brought with itself even more uncertain...

• Word Count: 1360
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gaarder's book clearly narrates the history of philosophy through the lessons given to Sophie Amundsen by Alberto Knox. Anybody who wants to learn about the history of philosophy can read this book and understand the concepts with ease since they were explained with the basic knowledge of young minds. ... Gaarder easily nourishes the minds of the young with the history of philosophy and philosophers and their philosophies. ... It greatly influenced the hard sciences like Physics. ... Gaarder wrote an excellent novel about the history of philosophy. ...

• Word Count: 771
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, Plato's theory of forms does not, to me, seem to jibe with modern physics and cosmology. ... After all, physics can give us insights into metaphysics, since both seek different ways to do the same thing. ... History is, of course necessary to any understanding of philosophy: how it came about, what people did with it. ... Descartes" Theory of Substance Dualism Throughout the history of man, philosophers have tried to come up with an explanation of where our minds, or consciousness, came from and how we are able to have a nonphysical characteristic of ourselves. ...

• Word Count: 2227
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate