The atheist's guide to reality: enjoying life without illusions
Answering life's persistent questions: do you want stories or reality? -- The nature of reality: the physical facts fix all the facts -- How physics fakes design -- IKEA didn't make natural history: good design is rare, expensive, and accidental -- Morality: the bad news -- The good news:...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Norton
2011
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| In: | Jahr: 2011 |
| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Atheismus
/ Wissenschaft
/ Wirklichkeit
/ Lebenslüge
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Scientism
B Atheism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Answering life's persistent questions: do you want stories or reality? -- The nature of reality: the physical facts fix all the facts -- How physics fakes design -- IKEA didn't make natural history: good design is rare, expensive, and accidental -- Morality: the bad news -- The good news: nice nihilism -- Never let your conscious be your guide -- The brain does everything without thinking about anything at all -- Farewell to the purpose-driven life -- You've got to stop taking yourself so seriously -- History debunked -- Living with scientism: ethics, politics, the humanities, and Prozac as needed |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 0393080234 |