Nicholas Maxwell

Gebundenes Buch

The Human World in the Physical Universe

Consciousness, Free Will, and Evolution

Beschreibung

This book tackles the problem of how we can understand our human world embedded in the physical universe in such a way that justice is done both to the richness, meaning and value of human life on the one hand, and what modern science tells us about the physical universe on the other hand. It includes discussion of consciousness, free will and evolution.

Autor

Nicholas Maxwell has devoted much of his working life to arguing that we need to bring about a revolution in academia so that it seeks and promotes wisdom and does not just acquire knowledge. He has published eight books on this theme, including How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World (2014) and In Praise of Natural Philosophy (2017). For 30 years he taught philosophy of science at University College London, where he is now Emeritus Reader. For more about his work, see www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowledge-to-wisdom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9780742512269
• ISBN-10: 0742512266
• Artikelnr.: 22204846