Beginner's Guide to Reality
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: May 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781933648040
Subjects: Sociology - Social Theory; Popular Culture - General; Social Science; Sociology; History & Surveys - Modern; Social Science / Popular Culture; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; General
Description: Have you ever wondered if the world is really there when you're not looking? We tend to take the reality of our world very much for granted. This book will lead you down the rabbit hole in search of something we can point to, hang our hats on and say this is real. On the way, Jim Baggott examines some of the things that have been said about reality by a few of the world's greatest thinkers--from the philosophers of ancient Greece to modern scientists and social theorists. ... Distributor description.