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Philosophy: the latest answers to the oldest questions

By Nicholas , Fearn

Book information

Publisher
Atlantic Books Ltd
Year
2005
ISBN
1843540665, 9781848872554, 9781843540663
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
393 kB (402032 bytes)
Pages
xix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Modern -- 20th century;Philosophers -- InterviewsModern--20th century;PhilosophyModern;Einführung;Interviews;PhilosophyPhilosophers;Philosophie;Philosophy

Description

In the search for higher meaning, Nicholas Fearn has travelled the globe to interview intellectuals in the field, asking them the three key questions - 'who are we?', 'what do we know?', and 'how should we live?'. 1. The problem of the self -- 2. Free will and fate -- 3. Minds and machines -- 4. Bodies and souls -- 5. The problem of knowledge -- 6. The problem of meaning -- 7. Innate ideas -- 8. The language of thought -- 9. Postmodernism and pragmatism -- 10. The limits of understanding -- 11. Moral luck -- 12. The expanding circle -- 13. The meaning of life and death.

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