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Excellent Beauty: The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of the World Eric Dietrich
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Excellent Beauty: The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of the World
Eric Dietrich
A philosopher and cognitive scientist returns wonder to scientific discovery while bringing religious phenomena down to earth.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "Excellent Beauty" boldly breaks the code of silence that keeps coolly rational academics from attempting to link evolution and theology. Dietrich reflects on some of the deepest mysteries of religious thought, but he does so from the viewpoint of a philosopher with deep training in logic and firmly grounded reasoning.--John Sullins, Sonoma State UniversityReview Quotes: This is, quite simply, one ofthe most eloquent books on religion and science I have read in recentyears. Dietrich writes clearly and accessibly, with a touchof humor and a great deal of personality. His book moves fluidly betweenhistorically supported arguments and pedagogically minded examples, allpresented in a limpid style that will be attractive to the general reader.--William Egginton, The Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of Contents: Author's NoteAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Who's in Charge of the World's Mysteries?1. The Traveler to Excellent Beauty: Invited Rather Than DraftedPart 12. What Is a Religion?3. The One Billion4. The Traveler's Dark Night of the SoulAppendix to Chapter 4: Statistics and Probability Meet JobPart 25. Justifying the Ways of God to Man via EvolutionAppendix to Chapter 5: Yes, There Really Is Such a Thing as a Coincidence6. Does God Want You Dead?7. Good Without GodsPart 38. Beyond Atheism: The Religion Illusion9. The Janus-Faced HominidPart 410. Some Strangeness in the ProportionAppendix to Chapter 10: A Compendium of Mysteries11. The Beauty of Seeing More Than We Can UnderstandAppendix to Chapter 11: Welcome to the Inscrutable12. The Personal Mystery and the Impersonal God13. Summa MysteriologicaNotesBibliographyIndexBiographical Note: Eric Dietrich is professor of philosophy at Binghamton University and the founding editor and current editor in chief of the "Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence." He is the author of numerous papers and several books focusing on cognitive science, consciousness, artificial intelligence, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 9, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231171021 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Genre | New Age Literature |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 239 × 22 mm · 422 g |
| Language | English |
