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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Flanagan, Owen J. Really hard problem. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007002664 (OCoLC)80917086 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Owen J Flanagan |
ISBN: | 9780262272803 0262272806 9781435605602 1435605608 9780262262750 0262262754 1282099450 9781282099456 0262512483 9780262512480 9786612099458 6612099453 |
OCLC Number: | 180899283 |
Language Note: | English. |
Notes: | "A Bradford book." |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | 1. Meaningful and enchanted lives: a threat from the human sciences? -- 2. Finding meaning in the natural world: the comparative consensus -- 3. Science for monks: buddhism and science -- 4. Normative mind science? psychology, neuroscience, and the good life -- 5. Neuroscience, happiness, and positive illusions -- 6. Spirituality naturalized? ``a strong cat without claws''. |
Series Title: | Bradford book. |
Responsibility: | Owen Flanagan. |
Abstract:
A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live in a meaningful way--how to live a life that really matters--even as a finite material being living in a material world.
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We should be grateful to Flanagan... for he conducts his inquiry with erudition, calm open-mindedness, cautious optimism, and ingenuity. -- Daniel C. Dennett The Philosophical Review The book sparkles with thought and a likeable humour. -- Steven Poole The Guardian Read more...
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