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What Do We Really Know?: The Big Questions in Philosophy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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What Do We Really Know?: The Big Questions in Philosophy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Simon Blackburn
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 131 |
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Category/Genre | Popular philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781780875873
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Classifications | Dewey:100 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Quercus Publishing
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Imprint |
Quercus Publishing
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Publication Date |
27 September 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and one of the most distinguished philosophers writing today. He is the author of the bestselling books The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think, Being Good, Lust, Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed and How to Read Hume. He lives in Cambridge.
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