Philosophical Ridings: Motorcycles and the Meaning of Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Craig Bourne
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 210
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1851685200
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2275
EAN: 9781851685202
ASIN: 1851685200
Publication Date: June 2007
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Product Description
From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to The Motorcycle Diaries, to be a biker is to be on the road to the meaning of life. What would the existentialists have to say about facing death on a bike? Can your motorcycle be as much a work of art as a Michelangelo painting? And why is it that bikers are so often political rebels? Philosopher and biker Craig Bourne shows for the first time the thoughtful side of the biker, and takes us on a fun trip through the philosophy of motorcycles.
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 BORING!! June 24, 2008
Wish I had read these reviews before wasting my $ and time on this pompous academic drivel.
Desktop Motorcycling May 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Craig Bourne can be very good as a lecturer in philosophy at Cambridge. I can imagine him very well composing the book because he also has a motorcycle but not because he is extremely riding it. The book is like a compilation of observations with philosophical references from Descartes to Wittgenstein and Pirsig while the motorcycle was parked at the side of the road. Among experiences like reading, observing, thinking, and watching movies, I think riding motorcycles is not a prior issue for Bourne. It could be acceptable if the book was not misleading you from the title to the photograph on the cover.
That last review actually influenced me to buy this April 28, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
...specifically that part about "philosophy on a higher level" I didn't find any philosophy of a higher level, and the lower level exercises of logic I did find were pretty uninspiring and painfully overly wordy (which is really bad considering how short this book actually is - from a pagecount i mean), but what kind of motorcycling insight can be expected from someone who's first bike was a Ducati Monster?
It's a great read if you want to read endless words explaining why a motorbike rider thinks that speed limit laws are not logically justified, and why motorcyclists shouldn't be forced to wear helmets, but if you seek anything fresh or insightful you won't find it in this read. It's just a whole lot of words explaining some logic behind the simple philosophical concepts.
Uninspiring, endless words, lacking the philisophical insights you'd expect from a book on philosophy, very boring.
I am also reading Peter Egan's book 'leanings' which is kind of the antithesis of this, and although it's not at all a philosophy book, I'm left with the feeling that it contains far greater philosophical depth from a man with genuine experience and insight. But the philosophy is merely suggested and it's set in an entertaining romantic/nostalgic light - like i said...it's the antithesis of this book.
not what I expected March 23, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. It is very intelectualized. It would probably be great for somebody that is actually studying philosophy at a higher level.
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