The Big Questions Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics |
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| Author:
| Landsburg, Steven E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84739-929-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $6.34 |
Book Description:
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What's wrong with stealing? What's the best way to blood test a pot-bellied pig? Should we tolerate intolerance? In the wake of his enormously popular books, The Armchair Economistand More Sex is Safer Sex, Steven Landsburg uses concepts from maths, economics and physics to address the big questions in philosophy: Where does knowledge come from? What's the difference between right and wrong? Do our beliefs matter? Is it possible to know...
More DescriptionWhat's wrong with stealing?
What's the best way to blood test a pot-bellied pig?
Should we tolerate intolerance?
In the wake of his enormously popular books, The Armchair Economistand More Sex is Safer Sex, Steven Landsburg uses concepts from maths, economics and physics to address the big questions in philosophy: Where does knowledge come from? What's the difference between right and wrong? Do our beliefs matter? Is it possible to know everything?
Provocative, utterly entertaining and always surprising, The Big Questions challenges readers to re-evaluate their most fundamental beliefs and reveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.