Why the World Does Not Exist

by Markus Gabriel

Book Overview

Where do we come from? Are we merely a cluster of elementary particles in a gigantic world receptacle? And what does it all mean?

In this highly original new book, the philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges our notion of what exists and what it means to exist. He questions the idea that there is a world that encompasses everything like a container life, the universe, and everything else. This all-inclusive being does not exist and cannot...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745687563
• ISBN13: 9780745687568
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.8"