The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe
A Philosophy, History, Nonfiction book. Would-be philosophers
What do we really know? What are we in relation to the world around us? Here, the acclaimed playwright and novelist takes on the great questions of his career--and of our lives Humankind, scientists agree, is an insignificant speck in the impersonal vastness of the universe. But what would that universe be like if we were not here to say something about it? Would there be numbers if there were no one to count them? Would the universe even be vast, without the fact of our smallness to give it scale? With wit, charm, and brilliance, this epic work of philosophy sets out to make sense of our place in the scheme of things....
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- Pages: 512 pages
- ISBN: 9780805081480 / 805081488
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Would-be philosophers I tried ...i really tried!! Having a read a good deal of Frayn's work over the years and enjoying his wit and insight I bought this thinking it would be like his other works...wrong!! It is a challenge and while I like challenges this is beyond me. I always considered myself reasonably intelligent but life is to short and there are... The old chestnut, if a tree falls and no one's around does it make a sound? Apparently, of course it does, but not really because there is nobody to observe it or give it meaning. The Human Touch starts of as a great book, examining science and epistemology, then gets bogged down with language, where every stone is turned, even if totally...
