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  Absence of Mind (Terry Lectures (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Marilynne Robinson

  

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  Short Description for Absence of Mind By defending the importance of individual reflection, this title celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. It explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud that was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization.
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  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Published: 01 July 2011
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Self, Ego, Identity, Personality | Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology | Philosophy Of Science | Philosophy Of Mind | Ethics & Moral Philosophy | Philosophy Of Religion | Religion & Science
  • ISBN 13: 9780300171471 ISBN 10: 0300171471
  • Sales rank: 93,051

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• 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. By defending the importance of individual reflection, Robinson celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. She explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization. Through keen interpretations of language, emotion, science, and poetry, "Absence of Mind" restores human consciousness to its central place in the religion-science debate.