There is every reason in the world why this book should not exist. How can you write a breezy book about such a ponderous question? How can you do philosophy by interviewing philosophers? It seems an impossible task—like getting something from nothing—but author Jim Holt pulls it off with great verve and brio. The premise of Why Does the World Exist? is as simple as it is m (...)
October 26, 2012
Books
A More Beautiful Question
Why Does the World Exist?An Existential Detective StoryJim HoltLiveright, $27.95, 312 pp.
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