Donald Palmer

Donald D. Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He is known for writing introductory books on philosophy and philosophers which attempt to make philosophical ideas accessible to novices.[1][2] He also illustrates his own books.[3] Currently he is visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.[4]

Donald D. Palmer
Notable work
Looking at Philosophy, Does the Center Hold?, Kierkegaard for Beginners
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionAmerican philosophy
InstitutionsCollege of Marin in Kentfield, North Carolina State University
Main interests
Philosophy education
History of philosophy
Existentialism

Bibliography
  • Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Mayfield Publications, 1988)
  • Does the Center Hold? An Introduction to Western Philosophy (Mayfield Publications, 1991)
  • Structuralism and Poststructuralism for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1995)
  • Sartre for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1995)
  • Kierkegaard for Beginners (Writers and Readers, 1996)
  • Visions of Human Nature: An Introduction (Mayfield Publications, 2000)
  • Why It's Hard to Be Good: An Introduction to Ethical Theory (McGraw-Hill, Summer 2005)
gollark: People often advocate for *consequences*/good-sounding goals, and just handwave how to actually achieve those, or just come up with a nice-sounding system and handwave tricky parts.
gollark: Just figure out what results you think a political system should produce ("emotionally"/based on your moral opinions or whatever) and work out what sort of system would be practical and good at producing those results "logically".
gollark: Oh no.
gollark: Coffee is a lie created by the establishment to keep the people complacent.
gollark: My Kindle can read PDFs too. Just not well.

References
  1. Finally, It's Philosophy Made Easy
  2. April 98 newsletter
  3. Latitude Cultural Center (on Palmer)
  4. Structuralism and Poststructuralism For Beginners


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