The Atheist's Guide to Reality
Enjoying Life without Illusions
Will be published approx. on 15. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
978-0-393-34411-0 (ISBN)
Description
We can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life-and the nature of reality. But science is the only means of answering them. So declares philosopher Alex Rosenberg in this bracing, surprisingly sanguine take on a world without god. The science that makes us nonbelievers, he demonstrates, tells us the nature of reality, the purpose of everything, the difference between right and wrong, how the mind works, even the direction of human history.
Reviews / Votes
"The Atheist's Guide to Reality will, like the best scholarship and science, remove you from your comfort zone. And that is the only way to gain new and better perspectives on our place in the cosmos." -- Lawrence Krauss A Universe From Nothing "For those of us who have pondered what David Hume might have said, were he to have had the benefit of all the scientific knowledge that succeeded his death, Alex Rosenberg's wonderful new book perfectly satisfies." -- Rebecca Goldstein 36 Arguments for the Existence of God "...The Atheist's Guide is the work of a well-informed and imaginative philosopher." -- Philip Kitcher - New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
301 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-34411-0 (9780393344110)
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Additional editions
E-Book
09/2011
W. W. Norton & Company
€18.49
Available for download
Previous edition
Book
01/2012
WW Norton & Co
€42.27
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Person
Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Duke University and the codirector of the Duke Center for Philosophy of Biology. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.