Raymond Tallis

Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur

and Other Essays

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written with Tallis's customary energy and vigor, these essays endeavour to elaborate a vision of humanity that rejects religious myths while not succumbing to scientism or other forms of naturalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781138135819
• ISBN-10: 113813581X
• Artikelnr.: 45053131

Autorenporträt

Raymond Tallis

Inhaltsangabe

Overture: Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur Part I: Brains, Persons and
Beasts 1. Am I My Brain? 2. Was Schubert a Musical Brain? 3. Wickedness and
Wit: Is It All in the Brain? 4. Are Conscious Machines Possible? 5. David
Chalmers's Unsuccessful Search for the Conscious Mind 6. A Conversation
with My Neighbour 7. Silk: Metamorphoses Beyond Biology Part II: Philosophy
and Physics 8. Should We Just Shut Up and Calculate? Does Physics Need
Philosophy? 9. You Chemical Scum, You 10. Did Time Begin with a Bang? 11. A
Hasty Report from a Tearing Hurry Part III: Philosophy and Physic 12.
Medical Ethics in the Real Mess of the Real World 13. On Caring and Not
Caring 14. Coinages of the Mind: Hallucinations 15. Becoming the Prisoners
of Our Free Choices 16. The Right to an Assisted Death Epilogue: And So to
Bed: Notes towards a Philosophy of Sleep from A to Zzzzzzz