Philosophy: The Latest Answers to the Oldest Questions

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2006
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The work of the great philosophers of the past is well known. From Aristotle and Plato to Kant and Wittgenstein, the answers to life's biggest questions have been discussed and debated endlessly. But, as philosophy itself teaches, there is never a final solution to a philosophical problem.
In the search for higher meaning, Nicholas Fearn has travelled the globe to interview the world's most distinguished thinkers, from Derek Parfit, David Wiggins and Bernard Williams, to Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty and Bernard-Henri Levi. Philosophy is a brilliant and compelling guide to the latest answers to the oldest questions, bringing to light what today's philosophers think about what it is to be human.

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The work of the great philosophers of the past is well known. From Aristotle and Plato to Kant and Wittgenstein, the answers to life's biggest questions have been discussed and debated endlessly. But, as philosophy itself teaches, there is never a final solution to a philosophical problem.

In the search for higher meaning, Nicholas Fearn has travelled the globe to interview the world's most distinguished thinkers, from Derek Parfit, David Wiggins and Bernard Williams, to Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty and Bernard-Henri Levi. Philosophy is a brilliant and compelling guide to the latest answers to the oldest questions, bringing to light what today's philosophers think about what it is to be human.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 08 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 1843540681
ISBN 13: 9781843540687
Book Overview: A highly original introduction to the world's most eminent modern philosophers and their answers to life's three great questions: What am I? What do I know? How should I live?

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Nicholas Fearn makes philosophy both entertaining and intelligible - no small achievement! -- Roy Porter

Author Bio

Nicholas Fearn, a philosophy graduate from King's College, London, is the author of Zeno and the Tortoise, which was translated into 20 languages. He has written regularly for a range of publications including the Spectator, the New Statesman, the Financial Times and the Economist. He lives in London.