Ultimate Questions / Bryan Magee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magee, Bryan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings.

Ontology.

Philosophical anthropology.

Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We human beings had no say in existing-we just opened our eyes and found ourselves here. We have a fundamental need to understand who we are and the world we live in. Reason takes us a long way, but mystery remains. When our minds and senses are baffled, faith can seem justified-but faith is not knowledge. In Ultimate Questions, acclaimed philosopher Bryan Magee provocatively argues that we have no way of fathoming our own natures or finding definitive answers to the big questions we all face.With eloquence and grace, Magee urges us to be the mapmakers of what is intelligible, and to identify the boundaries of meaningfulness. He traces this tradition of thought to his chief philosophical mentors-Locke, Hume, Kant, and Schopenhauer-and shows why this approach to the enigma of existence can enrich our lives and transform our understanding of the human predicament. As Magee puts it, "There is a world of difference between being lost in the daylight and being lost in the dark."The crowning achievement to a distinguished philosophical career, Ultimate Questions is a deeply personal meditation on the meaning of life and the ways we should live and face death.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

One. Time and Space

Two. Finding Our Bearings

Three. The Human Predicament

Four. Can Experience Be Understood?

Five. Where Such Ideas Come From

Six. Personal Reflections

Seven. Our Predicament Summarized

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400880454

1400880459

OCLC:

935639414