Making Sense - Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity

Informationen zum Autor Sam Harris  is the author of the bestselling books  The End of Faith ,  Letter to a Christian Nation ,  The Moral Landscape ,  Free Will , and  Lying .   The End of Faith  won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction and his work has been published in more than 20 languages. He has written for the  New York Times ,  The Los Angeles Times , the  Economist , the  Times  (London), the  Boston Globe , the  Atlantic , the  Annals   of   Neurology , and elsewhere. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. Klappentext A New York Times New and Noteworthy Book From the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast ?Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.? ?Sam Harris Sam Harris?neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author?has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events on his podcast, Making Sense. With over one million downloads per episode, these discussions have clearly hit a nerve, frequently walking a tightrope where either host or guest?and sometimes both?lose their footing, but always in search of a greater understanding of the world in which we live. For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress. This book includes a dozen of the best conversations from Making Sense, including talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glenn Loury, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically. Together they shine a light on what it means to ?make sense? in the modern world.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Harris
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.2021
• EAN: 9780062857798
• ISBN: 978-0-06-285779-8
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, Anthropology, Social, group or collective psychology, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Social Theory *, SELF-HELP: Spiritual, PHILOSOPHY: Social, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Business Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / General, SOCIOLOGY: SOCIETY & THE ECONOMY, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Rhetoric, RELIGION: Ethics, Philosophy / Modern, Sociology / Society & the Economy