In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought - science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insightas her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson’s view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its purest form, science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge, an aspectof the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality.
- ISBN: 978-0-300-14518-2
- Editorial: Yale University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés