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Determined - A Science of Life without Free Will

English · Paperback

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The instant “Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Robert Sapolsky’s Yet, as he acknowledges, it’s very hard, and at times impossible, to uncouple from our zeal to judge others and to judge ourselves. Sapolsky applies the new understanding of life beyond free will to some of our most essential questions around punishment, morality, and living well together. By the end, Sapolsky argues that while living our daily lives recognizing that we have no free will is going to be monumentally difficult, doing so is not going to result in anarchy, pointlessness, and existential malaise. Instead, it will make for a much more humane world....

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Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate’s Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. His most recent book, Behave, was a New York Times bestseller and named a best book of the year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.” He and his wife live in San Francisco.

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Authors Robert Sapolsky, Sapolsky Robert M.
Publisher Penguin Books USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 15.10.2024
 
EAN 9780525560999
ISBN 978-0-525-56099-9
No. of pages 528
Dimensions 140 mm x 214 mm x 27 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous

PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Biology, life sciences, Neurosciences, Topics in philosophy

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