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.
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781780875873
Author Simon Blackburn
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 197g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 131mm * 18mm
