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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180899283 Title: The really hard problem : meaning in a material world Author: Owen J Flanagan Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007. ISBN/ISSN: 9780262272803 0262272806 9781435605602 1435605608 9780262262750 0262262754 1282099450 9781282099456 0262512483 9780262512480 9786612099458 6612099453 OCLC:180899283

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The really hard problem : meaning in a material world

Author:	Owen J Flanagan
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:	Bradford book.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matters-even as a finite material being living in a material world.
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Subjects	Meaning (Philosophy) Cognitive psychology. Materialism -- Psychological aspects. View all subjects
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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
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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.

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