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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sam Harris |
| ISBN: | 9781451683400 1451683405 1451683472 9781451683479 |
| OCLC Number: | 768171247 |
| Description: | 83 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents: | Unconscious origins of the will -- Changing the subject -- Cause and effect -- Might the truth be bad for us? -- Moral responsibility -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Sam Harris. |
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"If you believe in free will, or know someone who does, here is the perfect antidote. In this smart, engaging, and extremely readable little book, Sam Harris argues that free will doesn't exist, that we're better off knowing that it doesn't exist, and that-once we think about it in the right way-we can appreciate from our own experience that it doesn't exist. This is a delightful discussion by one of the sharpest scholars around." -Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology, Yale University, and author of How Pleasure Works "Many say that believing that there is no free will is impossible-or, if possible, will cause nihilism and despair. In this feisty and personal essay, Harris offers himself as an example of a heart made less self-absorbed, and more morally sensitive and creative, because this particular wicked witch is dead." -Owen Flanagan, Professor of Philosophy, Duke University, and author of The Really Hard Problem "Free will is an illusion so convincing that people simply refuse to believe that we don't have it. In Free Will, Sam Harris combines neuroscience and psychology to lay this illusion to rest at last. Like all of Harris's books, this one will not only unsettle you but make you think deeply. Read it: you have no choice."-Jerry A. Coyne, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, and author of Why Evolution Is True "Brilliant and witty-and never less than incisive-Free Will shows that Sam Harris can say more in 13,000 words than most people do in 100,000." -Oliver Sacks "In this elegant and provocative book, Sam Harris demonstrates-with great intellectual ferocity and panache-that free will is an inherently flawed and incoherent concept, even in subjective terms. If he is right, the book will radically change the way we view ourselves as human beings." -V. S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, UCSD, and author of The Tell-Tale Brain Read more...
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