| Description |
xviii, 158 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Terry lecture series
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Terry lectures.
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| Note |
Essays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- On human nature -- The strange history of altruism -- The Freudian self -- Thinking again. |
| Summary |
"In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought?science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson?s view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its purest form, science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge, an aspect of the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality" --Cover, p. 2. |
| Subject |
Religion and science.
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Religion and science. |
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
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Thought and thinking.
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Thought and thinking. |
| Added Author |
Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.
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| ISBN |
9780300145182 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300145187 cloth alkaline paper |
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