Big Questions: Incredible Adventures in Thinking

Description

Is there a reason for everything? Does anything really exist? Can you prove who you are? Do animals have rights? Can you trust the experts? Is there only one answer? Asking questions can be a very risky business. When we start to think about things we've always taken for granted, we can end up with some surprising results. Big Questions is full of entertaining and challenging questions about the world around us - many of them have been puzzled over for thousands of years. The book includes sections on 'How to Win an Argument', 'Mind', 'Bodies and Brains', and 'Right and Wrong'.

Matthew Morrison has a first-class degree in philosophy from the University of York and he currently teaches at the University of Westminster.

"'Races through black holes and the thin green smear on Earth's surface (life as we know it), to the lengths of light and speed of the air... a feast of facts. Would entertain bright children and adults alike.' New Scientist 'Deftly explains big ideas through simple, but not patronising language' Lindsay Fraser, Guardian"