Why? : the philosophy behind the question /
"Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? Through an analysis of these questions and others, philosopher Philippe Huneman describes the different meanings of "why," and how those meanings can, and should...
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Why is Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder?
- Why do things fall when we let them go?
- Why did Mickey Mouse open the fridge?
- Why do triceratops have horns?
- Why did World War One happen?
- Why did Napoleon lose at Waterloo?
- Why were there American soldiers on the 15:17 train from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21, 2015?
- Why does Romeo love Juliet?
- Why am I me?
- Conclusion : why "why"?