LEADER 02849nam 22006614a 450 001 9910815610303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-29389-7 010 $a1-282-09801-2 010 $a9786612098017 010 $a0-262-27194-X 010 $a1-4237-7445-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000461564 035 $a(OCoLC)69650239 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10173671 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153402 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10120555 035 $a(PQKB)10328357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338612 035 $a(OCoLC)69650239$z(OCoLC)191936522$z(OCoLC)473741557$z(OCoLC)607122101$z(OCoLC)607850525$z(OCoLC)614959016$z(OCoLC)722565626$z(OCoLC)728037255$z(OCoLC)815776484$z(OCoLC)870340660$z(OCoLC)961522856$z(OCoLC)962588708$z(OCoLC)988503175$z(OCoLC)992092512$z(OCoLC)1037452477$z(OCoLC)1037916334$z(OCoLC)1038677135$z(OCoLC)1055364685$z(OCoLC)1058169577$z(OCoLC)1081271198$z(OCoLC)1083560897 035 $a(OCoLC-P)69650239 035 $a(MaCbMITP)3321 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338612 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10173671 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209801 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000461564 100 $a20051031d2006 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGood and real $edemystifying paradoxes from physics to ethics /$fGary L. Drescher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $a"A Bradford book". 311 $a0-262-04233-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-337) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Framing the Big Picture -- 2 Dust to Lust: How Groups of Atoms Can Think and Feel -- 3 Going without the Flow: The Frozen Stream of Time -- 4 Quantum Certainty -- 5 Deterministic Choice, Part 1: Inalterability Does Not Imply Futility -- 6 Deterministic Choice, Part 2: Newcomb's Problem and Beyond -- 7 Deriving Ought from Is -- 8 The Anticlimactic Meaning of Life -- References -- Index. 330 $aExamining a series of provocative paradoxes about consciousness, choice, ethics, and other topics, Good and Real tries to reconcile a purely mechanical view of the universe with key aspects of our subjective impressions of our own existence. 606 $aMechanism (Philosophy) 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aEthics 615 0$aMechanism (Philosophy) 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aEthics. 676 $a146/.6 700 $aDrescher$b Gary L$01135476 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815610303321 996 $aGood and real$94080434 997 $aUNINA