{"product_id":"9783032349934","title":"Nobody Cares: The Philosophy of Indifference","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNobody Cares: The Philosophy of Indifference\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVincent F. Hendricks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Epistemology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003eWhy does effort no longer pay? Why does trust erode even without collapse? Why does democracy function—yet feels hollow? We understand the system—yet choose not to invest in it. It’s the rise of the nobody-cares equilibrium.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003eThrough three figures—the hustler, the sucker, and the nobody-cares agent—\u003cem\u003eNobody Cares\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the hidden logic of modern behavior. Using tools of \u003cem\u003egame theory\u003c\/em\u003e, this book shows how indifference can be rational. Through \u003cem\u003eepistemic logic\u003c\/em\u003e, it explains how everyone can know—and still not act. Drawing on \u003cem\u003eattention economics\u003c\/em\u003e, it reveals why caring has become costly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003eWe live in the age of indifference. Yet the real problem is not that nobody cares. It is that everyone acts \u003cem\u003eas if\u003c\/em\u003e nobody else does.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003e\"This is a book for anyone troubled by the gap between what we know and what we do — and, for those whose task it is to teach others to care, an illuminating formal analysis.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eSonja Smets, ILLC, University of Amsterdam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003e\"Nobody Cares: The Philosophy of Indifference\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003e is a provocative and essential book. It is required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary society and find solutions to what ails Western democracies.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-width: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times',serif;\"\u003e—Duncan Pritchard, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVincent F. Hendricks\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University of Copenhagen. He was the founder and director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. A prolific writer he has been awarded several prizes for his research among them The Elite Research Prize by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, The Roskilde Festival Elite Research Prize, Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award and The Rosenkjær Prize. He was Editor-in-Chief of Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science between 2005-2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHendricks has over the years appeared in a wide variety of media outlets including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, BBC, Le Monde, DIE ZEIT, Welt, TEDx, The Open Mind:Channel Thirteen, Wired, The Conversation, VICE, Quartz, New Statesman, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Danish Broadcasting Company, News POLSAT Poland, Tom Hartman Show, Pete Dominick Show, The David Packman Show, The Forbidden Speech podcast, SiriusXM, Ideasphere – National Public Radio, Sputnik-News Radio UK, SRF Tagesschau CH, Neue Zuricher Zeitung CH, CNBC AFRICA, New Business Ethipoia, CPH:DOX, TRT World Turkey, ARD Radio Germany , TV2 News Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032349934\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e325\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324084912268,"sku":"9783032349934","price":29.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032349934.jpg?v=1783552582","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032349934","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}