Aerobics for the Mind: Practical Exercises in Philosophy That Anybody Can Do - Paperback

by Michael Potts (Author)

"Philosophy begins in wonder."-Aristotle

Remember when you were a child and incessantly asked your parents "Why?" You still had that childhood gift of wondering about everything from the simple "Why can't I touch the stove eye when it's red?" to the most profound questions people can ask "Why can't I see God if He's real?"

A common perception of philosophers is of the wizened old guru, sitting on a mountain top contemplating his navel; or worse, a stodgy, boring intellectual that everyone avoids at parties. But philosophy, at its best, is a joyous profession. Philosophers never stop wondering, why? They ask the most profound and universal questions: "Why am I here?" "Does life have a meaning?" "Is there a God?" "Do I have an immortal soul?" "What happens when I die?" Philosophers have the joy of re-living the wonder of a child.

Aerobics for the Mind: Practical Exercises in Philosophy that Anybody Can Do is a book for anyone who still has that unique, childlike sense of wonder.

Author Biography

Michael Potts is Professor of Philosophy at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He co-edited the anthology, Beyond Brain Death: The Case against Brain-Based Criteria for Human Death (Kluwer, 2000). He has authored or co-authored over thirty scholarly articles and book chapters and has delivered over fifty presentations at scholarly conferences. He is also the author of two novels: the Southern fiction novel, End of Summer, and the horror novel, Unpardonable Sin, both published by WordCrafts Press.

He and his wife, Karen, live with their three cats, Frodo, Pippin, and Rosie, in Linden, North Carolina.