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The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, and provides answers from history's great thinkers. This ambitious project is a unique distillation of humanity's best ideas. In Big Questions: Philosophy, bestselling author Simon Blackburn addresses 20 essential questions.
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The Big Questions series confronts the fundamental problems of science and philosophy that have perplexed enquiring minds throughout history, and provides and explains the answers of our greatest thinkers. In Big Questions: Philosophy, Simon Blackburn tackles 20 questions essential to our understanding of ourselves and the world we live in. What is the meaning of life? Am I free? Is there such a thing as society? What is time? Why is there something and not nothing? What am I? Can we understand each other? What are my rights? Do we need God? What is beauty? Why be good? What do we really know? Can machines think? How can I deceive myself? What fills up space? Why do things keep on keeping on? Are we rational? Is truth relative? What is human nature? Is death to be feared?
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
what an interesting book. ive never read a philosophy book before. always thought the subject was long winded and all a load of hot air. not so. really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who like to delve a little deeper than everyday conversation allows. a good read. easy on the brain too.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is very well written, extremely interesting and would appeal to the beginner and experienced individual in this subject alike. The book itself has a great "feel" about it, the elasticated band around it allows you to keep the book tidy and clean, whether put in a laptop case or stuffed in a handbag. The whole series is excellent.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Accessible and Stimulating Introduction to Philosophy
8 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover
Philosophy rarely leaves anyone indifferent. From my experience most people either think that philosophy is either an arcane and useless endeavor, or an incredibly fascinating and deeply intellectually satisfying discipline. The questions that philosophers had tackled over the ages are at the same time the most immediately comprehensive as well as the most profoundly intractable ones.
"The Big Questions - Philosophy" is a handy little book and the guide to some of the most fundamental questions that philosopher of all ages have been dealing with. The questions, and possible answers, are very up to date, and this book could serve as a useful glimpse of the state of philosophy at this time. Some of the questions covered in this book include "What is the meaning of life?", "What fills up space?", "What is beauty?", "Why is there something and not nothing?" The author Simon Blackburn guides the reader through explanation of what is meant by these questions and how have philosophers tried to give answers to them. However, in philosophy unlike the natural sciences and mathematics there are no completely settled questions. Each new generation of philosophers aims to appropriate these questions anew.
The book is very readable and non-technical, and you will not need any technical arcane jargon in order to understand it. The book's is formatted as a hardbound small size notebook, all with an elastic bend to keep it from opening by itself. This is certainly a unique and interesting way to distinguish a book from others in this category, and as far as I am concerned it works.
"The Big Questions - Philosophy" is a handy little book and the guide to some of the most fundamental questions that philosopher of all ages have been dealing with. The questions, and possible answers, are very up to date, and this book could serve as a useful glimpse of the state of philosophy at this time. Some of the questions covered in this book include "What is the meaning of life?", "What fills up space?", "What is beauty?", "Why is there something and not nothing?" The author Simon Blackburn guides the reader through explanation of what is meant by these questions and how have philosophers tried to give answers to them. However, in philosophy unlike the natural sciences and mathematics there are no completely settled questions. Each new generation of philosophers aims to appropriate these questions anew.
The book is very readable and non-technical, and you will not need any technical arcane jargon in order to understand it. The book's is formatted as a hardbound small size notebook, all with an elastic bend to keep it from opening by itself. This is certainly a unique and interesting way to distinguish a book from others in this category, and as far as I am concerned it works.
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