Insurmountable Simplicities - Roberto Casati
Thirty-nine Philosophical Conundrums
KORTE INHOUD
Why do mirrors seem to invert left and right but not up and down? How do we know whether strawberries taste the same for everyone? Where is it written that we must observe the law, and if it is not written, why should we observe it? What if we could swap brains-or the rest of our bodies? Insurmountable Simplicities is filled with captivating and inventive stories, dialogues, and epistolary exchanges that illuminate the many philosophical conundrums of everyday life. Clear, concise, and intellectually engaging, this internationally acclaimed book covers a range of themes, such as personal identity, causality and responsibility, fortune, the nature of things, the paradoxes of time and space, and the interplay between logic and language, and brilliantly demonstrates that the beauty of philosophy resides in its engagement with the simplicities of the world, insurmountable as they might initially appear.
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2008Uitgever: Columbia University Press144 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0231137230ISBN-13: 9780231137232Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2006, 132pp, Nette hardcover met stofomslag. [Auteur: Casati, Roberto (Institut Nicod), Varzi, Achille (Columbia University)] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Columbia University Press] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Insurmountable Simplicities / Thirty-Nine Philosophical Conundrums]
