Who Am I and If So How Many?
A Journey Through Your Mind
(Sprache: Englisch)
The huge international bestseller that takes you on a journey through your mind and gives you the answers to the big philosophical questions.
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The huge international bestseller that takes you on a journey through your mind and gives you the answers to the big philosophical questions.
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Drawing on philosophy neuroscience, psychology, history, and even pop culture, Richard David Precht deftly elucidates the questions at the heart of human existence: What is truth? Does life have meaning? Why should I be good? and presents them in concise, witty, and engaging prose. The result is an exhilarating journey through the history of philosophy and a lucid introduction to current research on the brain.
Autoren-Porträt von Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht, Philosoph, Publizist und Autor, wurde 1964 in Solingen geboren. Er promovierte 1994 an der Universität Köln und arbeitete seitdem für nahezu alle großen deutschen Zeitungen und Sendeanstalten. Für seine journalistische Arbeit erhielt er mehrere Auszeichnungen.Precht war Fellow bei der "Chicago Tribune". Im Jahr 2000 wurde er mit dem Publizistikpreis für Biomedizin ausgezeichnet. Richard David Precht lebt in Köln und Luxemburg.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard David Precht
- 2011, 332 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Constable
- ISBN-10: 1849011028
- ISBN-13: 9781849011020
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Precht moves between his various topics with the easy style of Alain de Botton... A remarkably informative and lively read." --"Publishers Weekly" "Precht takes his title from the ravings of a drunken friend. But he takes the framework for his wide-ranging inquiry from a stone-cold sober Immanuel Kant, who reduced the philosophic project to four questions: What can I know? What should I do? What can I hope for? What is man? But inebriated friend and sober philosopher share an interest in the human experience, an experience Precht illuminates by showing that no matter how much modern neuroscience and psychology may have reframed Kant's first three questions, it is sill the philosopher who must supply the final answers...Readers learn, for instance, that while neuroscientists can explain the biochemistry involved when the brain acquires new knowledge, only philosophy can interpret the way the human self distills knowledge in language and moral judgment. Similar reasoning de
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