What Do We Really Know? - The Big Questions in Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, and one of the most distinguished philosophers writing today. He is the author of the bestselling Dictionary of Philosophy, Think and Being Good, which has appeared in 15 languages. His Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed, a guidebook to philosophical ideas about truth and its distortions, from classical times to the present, has been published to rave reviews. Klappentext In What Do We Really Know? Simon Blackburn addresses the twenty most-asked philosophical questions, including 'Can machines think?', 'What is the meaning of life?', 'Is death to be feared?', 'Why be good?', 'What am I?' and 'What do we really know?' Each 3000-word essay examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, and provides answers from history's great thinkers. Zusammenfassung Simon Blackburn tackles the key questions in philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Blackburn
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9781780875873
• ISBN: 978-1-78087-587-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Reference