{"product_id":"the-big-questions-steven-e-landsburg-9781439148228","title":"Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics","description":"In the wake of his enormously popular books \u003ci\u003eThe Armchair Economist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMore Sex Is Safer Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning 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 G del's incompleteness theorem; and carefully dissects the meaning of social responsibility on the playground, in the marketplace, and in the voting booth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStimulating, illuminating, and always surprising, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Questions \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven E. Landsburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439148228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439148228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Steven E. Landsburg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986182963455,"sku":"9781439148228","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10af3066-3a4a-4a27-ae20-5263ae7282c9.jpg?v=1683281852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-questions-steven-e-landsburg-9781439148228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}