The taboo of subjectivity : toward a new science of consciousness / B. Alan Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, B. Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Materialism.

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2000

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion. Alan Wallace draws careful distinctions between four elements of the scientific tradition: science itself, scientific realism, scientific materialism, and scientism. Arguing that the metaphysical doctrine of scientific materialism has taken on the role of ersatz-religion for its adherents, he traces its development from its Greek and Judeo-Christian origins, focusing on the interrelation between the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revol

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The No Man's Land of Consciousness; PART I: The Ideology of Scientific Materialism; 1 Four Dimensions of the Scientific Tradition; 2 Theological Impulses in the Scientific Revolution; PART II: Toward a Noetic Revolution; 3 An Empirical Alternative; 4 Observing the Mind; 5 Exploring the Mind; PART III: The Resistance; 6 The Mind in Scientific Materialism; 7 Confusing Scientific Materialism with Science; 8 Scientific Materialism: The Ideology of Modernity; Conclusion: No Boundaries; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-988104-9

1-281-34697-7

0-19-803860-7

9786611346973

OCLC:

437109300