Pathways to Wisdom: the Risky Adventure of Expanding One’s Horizons
How six books on cosmology, human nature, consciousness, stories and thermodynamics challenge the faith of a progressive Christian.
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Perspective: Life today
The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
‘Mercier and Sperber offer a surprising and powerful response to the new orthodoxy propounded by Kahneman and Tversky … arguing that the supposed flaws of hot, fast, automatic thinking are actually design features which work remarkably well’ Julian Baggini
Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. But, if reason is so useful, why didn’t it also evolve in other animals? If it is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense?
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Jesus and the Marbled Crayfish
Is inequality built into the very fabric of life? Research into the Mermoskrebs (Marbled Crayfish) suggests that it might be.
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Jesus and the Marbled Crayfish
To what extent is inequality built into the very foundation of life itself? Research into the Marmorkrebs (Marbled Crayfish) suggests that it might be.
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I am a Strange Loop
One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from — and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Compulsively readable and endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind. — amazon.co.uk
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