What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy - Hardcover

Nagel, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195052927 ISBN 13: 9780195052923

Verlag: OUP USA, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Most people think about philosophical problems without realizing it: What really exists? Can we know anything? Is anything really right or wrong? Does life have any meaning? Is death the end of everything? These problems have been written about for thousands of years, but the philosophical raw material comes directly from the world and our relation to it.

In this remarkable book distinguished philosopher Thomas Nagel leads the reader into the heart of nine of these central problems of philosophy. In vivid, accessible prose, he brings the issues to life, demonstrating why they have continued to baffle and fascinate countless thinkers across the centuries. What Does It All Mean? challenges us to think hard and think clearly; to ask questions, to argue, to try out ideas and raise possible objections to them - in a word, to become philosophers ourselves.

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Thomas Nagel is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. His previous books are The View From Nowhere, Mortal Questions and The Possibility of Altruism.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195052927
• ISBN 13: 9780195052923
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar