What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: This book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes'... Zobraziť viac
In the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations... Zobraziť viac
Harris's search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of our most brilliant and controversial contemporary minds... Zobraziť viac
Known as the 'four horsemen' of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed... Zobraziť viac
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent discoveries from biology and computer science to show, step by step, how a comprehending mind could in fact have arisen from a mindless process of natural selection. A crucial shift... Zobraziť viac
Simon & Schuster Ltd: Observer 'An eminently sensible rallying cry for a more ruthless secularisation of society'... Zobraziť viac
Harris's search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of our most brilliant and controversial contemporary minds... Zobraziť viac
Hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet—the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. With insight and wit, he describes the ways in which religion is man-made, immoral, .. Zobraziť viac
In Intuition Pumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world's leading philosophers, and author of Consciousness Explained and Freedom Evolves, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments Thinking is hard... Zobraziť viac
For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From bestselling author, neuroscientist, ... Zobraziť viac
A Belief in Free Will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement ... Zobraziť viac
Black Swan: Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the... Zobraziť viac
What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers... Zobraziť viac
Groundbreaking rationalist philosopher Sam Harris challenges the assumption that science has nothing to do with morality in THE MORAL LANDSCAPE, a formula for calculating actions that serve humans' best interests... Zobraziť viac
Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world... Zobraziť viac
Atlantic Books: "'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan 'Do yourself a favor and skip the... Zobraziť viac
Hitchens, one of our great political pugilists, delivers the best of the recent rash of atheist manifestos. The same contrarian spirit that makes him delightful reading as a political commentator, even (or especially) when he's completely wrong... Zobraziť viac
Christopher Hitchens was an unparalleled, prolific writer, who raised the polemical essay to a new art form, over a lifetime of thinking and debating the defining issues of our times. As an essayist he contributed to the New Statesman... Zobraziť viac
For over forty years, Christopher Hitchens has proclaimed truth where others have spun falsehood and written, with passionate commitment, on matters that others fear to broach. This volume of essays encompasses... Zobraziť viac