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The Human World in the Physical Universe. Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution.
Nicholas Maxwell
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Description for The Human World in the Physical Universe. Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution.
Hardback. How can there be sensory qualities - all that which gives meaning and value to life - if this world is really more or less as modern science tells us it is? This text proposes that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists - that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
How is it possible for the world as we experience it to exist embedded in the physical universe? How can there be sensory qualities, consciousness, freedom, science and art, friendship, love, justice—all that which gives meaning and value to life—if the world really is more or less as modern science tells us it is? This is the problem that is tackled by this book. The solution proposed is that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists—that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Sensory qualities, inner experiences, consciousness, meaning and value, all these exist but ... Read more
How is it possible for the world as we experience it to exist embedded in the physical universe? How can there be sensory qualities, consciousness, freedom, science and art, friendship, love, justice—all that which gives meaning and value to life—if the world really is more or less as modern science tells us it is? This is the problem that is tackled by this book. The solution proposed is that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists—that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Sensory qualities, inner experiences, consciousness, meaning and value, all these exist but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and the Global Context
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742512269
SKU
V9780742512269
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About Nicholas Maxwell
Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at the University of London. He has written numerous books including The Comprehensibility of the Universe and From Knowledge to Wisdom.
Reviews for The Human World in the Physical Universe. Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution.
A solid work of original thinking.
CHOICE
Maxwell has not only succeeded in bringing together the various different subjects that make up the human world/physical universe problem in a single volume, he has done so in a comprehensive, lucid and above all readable way.
Trends In Cognitive Sciences
...a bald summary of this interesting and passionately·argued ... Read more
CHOICE
Maxwell has not only succeeded in bringing together the various different subjects that make up the human world/physical universe problem in a single volume, he has done so in a comprehensive, lucid and above all readable way.
Trends In Cognitive Sciences
...a bald summary of this interesting and passionately·argued ... Read more