a low-voltage journalist who splits his time between New York and Paris. I write mainly about philosophical and scientific subjects, occasionally also producing what could charitably be described as "humor." I contribute fairly regularly to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New York Review of Books, The American Scholar, etc. For about ten years I did a weekly radio spot on BBC Wales called "Living in America, with Jim Holt." I used to appear on TV now and then--William Buckley's "Firing Line," NBC News with Brokaw, CNN--but I write about such esoteric subjects that I am rarely asked anymore. For one year (1997) I was the editor of a venerable and pinkoid political magazine called The New Leader. And I have a book forthcoming on the history of the idea of the infinitesimal, "Worlds Within Worlds." I knew Andy Warhol fairly well. I have a girlfriend in Paris and a miniature dachshund named Renzo. That is undoubtedly more than you wished to know.
发表于2024-11-22
Why Does the World Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
这本特别的书是我不经意到手的一个意外惊喜,也是一本值得一再返回来重读的思想之书。 为什么存在万物而非一无所有?这个看似古怪的问题就是海德格尔所说的一切形而上学、也是一切哲学问题中的最终问题,也是维特根斯坦认为我们只能对其保持沉默(因为不可能回答,甚至也不可能...
评分综合了神学、哲学、逻辑学、数学、物理生物等自然科学各个领域古今各路学者对这个世界终极命题的探索和讨论。或许这世上每个人,不论去不去思考,最后的结局都会得到答案。结局无非有与无,二选一。但这个过程是我们用尽所知所识去对未知的探索求证,可能没有结果,但不会没有...
评分《世界为何存在》这是个很大的题目,也是一个久远的命题。当然,估计还得在久远的将来看看能不能有答案。不记得当时为什么买这本书了,反正是大咖推荐特别多,也可能是《三体》读完了,突然又对这种宇宙科学感兴趣了,管他呢。反正对完这本书真是不容易,350多页,但是里面涉及...
评分1.世界为何存在?还是一无所有!?这是除了"你是谁、从哪里来、要到哪里去"这三个人生哲学问题外,第四个人生问题麽? 2.每次泡脚的时候看,十五分钟不到都能睡过去…… 3.可能是一种煎熬,偶尔想装装B跟太阳肩并肩,看看翻翻,反复看看翻翻,很担心自己理解的内容跟书本身要传...
评分图书标签: 哲学 科普 美国 世界观 Philosophy 形而上学 现象学 侦探小说
In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.
Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?” or more colloquially as “But, Mommy, who made God?” the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating question of all time. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt emerges with an engrossing narrative that traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. As he takes on the role of cosmological detective, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God vs. the Big Bang. Whether interviewing a cranky Oxford philosopher, a Physics Nobel Laureate, or a French Buddhist monk, Holt pursues unexplored and often bizarre angles to this cosmic puzzle. The result is a brilliant synthesis of cosmology, mathematics, and physics—one that propels his own work to the level of philosophy itself.
超级好看!!!!!!!!!当时在美国书店里买的!!!一定程度上缓解了我的存在的困惑!!!
评分Thought provoking...
评分“无中生有”,简直引人入胜。
评分哲学课老师推荐的第一本书。严肃活泼地让我们思考:“Why there is something rather than nothing?”
评分奔着解决终极困惑的目的去读的,结果读完困惑更多了。向所有形而上学狂热分子,执着于宇宙起源学说物理半吊子,热爱灵修的苦行僧,智商不够研究物理又不甘心在饭局上被理聪群嘲的文科傻小子,各类活的不耐烦的有闲分子和文艺青年强烈推荐(前提是要有一定哲学基础。且此书为标准New Yorker式写作风格,用词生僻复杂但精准优雅,虽然与主题无关的废话巨多)
Why Does the World Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书