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The really hard problem : meaning in a material world / Owen Flanagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flanagan, Owen, Jr., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Cognitive psychology.
- Materialism--Psychological aspects.
- Materialism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 288 p. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matters-even as a finite material being living in a material world.
- Contents:
- Meaningful and enchanted lives : a threat from the human sciences?
- Finding meaning in the natural world : the comparative consensus
- Science for monks : Buddhism and science
- Normative mind science? psychology, neuroscience, and the good life
- Neuroscience, happiness, and positive illusions
- Spirituality naturalized? "a strong cat without claws."
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- "A Bradford book."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26275-4
- 1-282-09945-0
- 9786612099458
- 0-262-27280-6
- 1-4356-0560-8
- OCLC:
- 180899283
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