Absence of mind : the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
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Book
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Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Physical Desc
xviii, 158 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English

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General Note
Essays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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"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 insight as 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 aspect of the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality" --Cover, p. 2.