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Who Am I?: And If So, How Many?
Richard David Precht
Translated by Shelley Frisch
#UE8492 Paperback, 282 pages; 2011 $16.00
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  Immanuel Kant distilled the fundamental issues facing mankind into four questions: What can I know? What should I do? What can I hope for? What is man? Using Kant's queries as a framework, Richard David Precht lucidly blends classic philosophy, modern psychology, and cutting-edge neuroscience to whisk the reader on an entertaining and intellectually stimulating journey of understanding the human experience. Revealing the limitations of each field (biochemistry and hormones, for example, can only go so far to explain the experience of falling in love), Precht tackles such complex moral issues as abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, and environmental ethics. Ultimately, Who Am I? provides a lively, meaty, and accessible introduction to philosophy that makes a strong case for its continued relevance in the modern world. (AG)