03248nam 2200637 a 450 991045281510332120200520144314.00-300-16647-810.12987/9780300166477(CKB)2550000000105025(StDuBDS)AH24393374(SSID)ssj0000704014(PQKBManifestationID)11397182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704014(PQKBWorkID)10691964(PQKB)11638414(MiAaPQ)EBC3420977(DE-B1597)486072(OCoLC)808346523(DE-B1597)9780300166477(Au-PeEL)EBL3420977(CaPaEBR)ebr10579376(EXLCZ)99255000000010502520091020d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAbsence of mind[electronic resource] the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self /Marilynne RobinsonNew Haven Yale University Pressc20101 online resource (160 p.) The Terry lecturesEssays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.0-300-14518-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- On human nature -- The strange history of altruism -- The Freudian self -- Thinking again.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.By defending the importance of individual reflection, Robinson celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. She explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization. Through keen interpretations of language, emotion, science, and poetry, Absence of Mind restores human consciousness to its central place in the religion-science debate.Terry lectures.Religion and sciencePhilosophy, ModernThought and thinkingElectronic books.Religion and science.Philosophy, Modern.Thought and thinking.201/.65Robinson Marilynne566687Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452815103321Absence of mind2469595UNINA