03299nam 2200673 a 450 991096465300332120240418005623.09780300166477030016647810.12987/9780300166477(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(Perlego)1089813(EXLCZ)99255000000010502520091020d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAbsence of mind the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self /Marilynne Robinson1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20101 online resource (160 p.) The Terry lecturesEssays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.9780300145182 0300145187 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 thinkingReligion and science.Philosophy, Modern.Thought and thinking.201/.65Robinson Marilynne566687Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964653003321Absence of mind4353965UNINA