The science delusion : freeing the spirit of enquiry
Sheldrake, Rupert2013
Book
The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system. All reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls. Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun.
Main title:
The science delusion : freeing the spirit of enquiry / Rupert Sheldrake.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Coronet, 2013.
Collation:
392 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1.Is Nature Mechanical? -- 2.Is the Total Amount of Matter and Energy Always the Same? -- 3.Are the Laws of Nature Fixed? -- 4.Is Matter Unconscious? -- 5.Is Nature Purposeless? -- 6.Is All Biological Inheritance Material? -- 7.Are Memories Stored as Material Traces? -- 8.Are Minds Confined to Brains? -- 9.Are Psychic Phenomena Illusory? -- 10.Is Mechanistic Medicine the Only Kind that Really Works? -- 11.Illusions of Objectivity -- 12.Scientific Futures.
ISBN:
9781444727944
Dewey class:
501
Language:
English
BRN:
110938
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 501 SHEL | Available |