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The Big Questions

Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

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Landsburg Steven

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Pagine: 267pagine
Tempo di lettura: 10ore

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In the wake of his enormously popular books "The Armchair Economist "and "More Sex Is Safer Sex," Slate columnist and economics professor Steven Landsburg employs concepts from mathematics, economics, and physics in this sprightly tour of the deepest problems in philosophy: What is real? What can we know? Why is there something instead of nothing? And how should we live?Beginning with the broadest philosophical issues--theories of existence, knowledge, and ethics--Landsburg then turns to a dazzling variety of specific applications. He gives us a mathematical analysis for arguments for the existence of God; explains the real meanings of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and Godel's incompleteness theorem; and carefully dissects the meaning of social responsibility on the playground, in the marketplace, and in the voting booth. Stimulating, illuminating, and always surprising, "The Big Questions "reveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.

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Titolo: The Big Questions
Sottotitolo: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics
Lingua: Inglese
Autori: Landsburg Steven
Editore: Pocket Books
Pubblicato: 2010
Formato: In brossura
Pagine: 267
ISBN10: 1847399169
ISBN13: 9781847399168
Tag: Saggistica, Economia e affari, Filosofia, Scienze Naturali, Matematica, Scienza, Fisica, Commercio e vendita, Economia
Valutazione: 3,35 su 5
Descrizione: In the wake of his enormously popular books "The Armchair Economist "and "More Sex Is Safer Sex," Slate columnist and economics professor Steven Landsburg employs concepts from mathematics, economics, and physics in this sprightly tour of the deepest problems in philosophy: What is real? What can we know? Why is there something instead of nothing? And how should we live?Beginning with the broadest philosophical issues--theories of existence, knowledge, and ethics--Landsburg then turns to a dazzling variety of specific applications. He gives us a mathematical analysis for arguments for the existence of God; explains the real meanings of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and Godel's incompleteness theorem; and carefully dissects the meaning of social responsibility on the playground, in the marketplace, and in the voting booth. Stimulating, illuminating, and always surprising, "The Big Questions "reveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.