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Mind-Body Problems: Science, Subjectivity & Who We Really Are

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Science journalist John Horgan, author of the bestseller The End of Science, Rational Mysticism and other books, presents an exhilarating new view of life's central mystery, the mind-body problem. In a narrow, technical sense, the mind-body problem asks how matter generates mind, but it’s really about what we are, can be and should be, individually and as a species. For thousands of years, prophets, poets and philosophers have told us who we are, but their answers conflict. Modern scientists claim they are on the verge of resolving our primordial identity crisis once and for all by finding a single, objectively true solution to the mind-body problem. Horgan challenges this claim, arguing that our quest for self-understanding can have no final endpoint. His book weaves stories about leading mind-body theories and theorists into a compelling narrative about human freedom.

Pages: 200

Format: Kindle Edition

Mind-Body Problems: Science, Subjectivity & Who We Really Are

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Science journalist John Horgan, author of the bestseller The End of Science, Rational Mysticism and other books, presents an exhilarating new view of life's central mystery, the mind-body problem. In a narrow, technical sense, the mind-body problem asks how matter generates mind, but it’s really about what we are, can be and should be, individually and as a species. For thousands of years, prophets, poets and philosophers have told us who we are, but their answers conflict. Modern scientists claim they are on the verge of resolving our primordial identity crisis once and for all by finding a single, objectively true solution to the mind-body problem. Horgan challenges this claim, arguing that our quest for self-understanding can have no final endpoint. His book weaves stories about leading mind-body theories and theorists into a compelling narrative about human freedom.

Pages: 200

Format: Kindle Edition

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