The Really Hard Problem - Table of Contents

November 2007
6 x 9, 304 pp., 1 illus.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-06264-X
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-06264-0

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The Really Hard Problem
Meaning in a Material World
Owen J. Flanagan

	Acknowledgments	ix

	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (25 KB)	xi

1	Meaningful and Enchanted Lives A Threat from the Human Sciences?	1

2	Finding Meaning in the Natural World The Comparative Consensus	37

3	Science for Monks Buddhism and Science	63

4	Normative Mind Science? Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Good Life	107

5	Neuroscience, Happiness, and Positive Illusions	149

6	Spirituality Naturalized? "A Strong Cat without Claws"	183

	Notes	221

	Bibliography	265

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (28 KB)	285

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