REASONING BEYOND REASON
Science, Religion and Human Consciousness
ISBN: 978-0953-5089-1-9
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Why would a scientist hold unscientific religious beliefs and deploy arguments in defence of those beliefs which fall short of the scientific standards he would undoubtedly observe in his professional (scientific) life? That is the question addressed by this book.
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Francis Collins (The language of God) Owen Gingerich (God's Universe) Paul Davies (The Goldilock Enigma) Alister McGrath (The Dawkins Delusion) Keith Ward (Why there almost certainly is a God) Richard Dawkins (The God delusion) God and Reason Faith and reason Theistic evolution God and evolution Evolution and the origin of faith The evolutionary origin of altruism Delayed reciprocal altruism Why Ockham's Razor is an essential part of our lives Why quantum mechanics does not provide a "magic" solution Why probability is a false foundation for any faith A physical explanation of human consciousness The nature of Reality, Existence and Truth Faith as a form of addiction Why some scientists use unscientific arguments to defend their faith EXTRACT RETURN TO CATALOGUE |
PART 1 of REASONING BEYOND REASON examines the arguments presented by each of these believing scientists - point by point, issue by issue.
PART 2 presents an account of human consciousness which does not involve any form of mysticism.
What does it mean to say that a thing "EXISTS"?
What exactly is the difference between something which
"DOES NOT EXIST" and something which "DOES EXIST"
(but for which no evidence of its existence can ever be obtained)?
Probability is a measure of prior expectation of a given event.