Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
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Description
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.
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
City
New Haven
State
CT
Award
2016 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing
Repository Citation
Robinson , M. (2010). Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
