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Making Sense
- Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity
- Narrado por: Sam Harris, David J. Chalmers, Babette Deutsch, Timothy Snyder, Robert M Sapolsky, Daniel Kahneman, Max Tegmark, Anil Seth, David Krakauer, Glenn C. Loury, Nick Bostrom, Thomas Metzinger
- Duración: 22 h y 26 m
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For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or contentious, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress.
Featuring eleven conversations from the hit podcast, these electric exchanges fuse wisdom with rigorous interrogation to shine a light on what it means to make sense of our world today.
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- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 233
In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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You won't learn anything you didn't know
- De Dennis E. Alwine en 12-26-20
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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
- De: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrado por: Jeff Crawford
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 419
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 350
Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett’s most successful “imagination-extenders and focus-holders” meant to guide you through some of life’s most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it, but some philosophy background needed.
- De LongerILiveLessIKnow en 11-14-13
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What the Bleep Do We Know
- Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality
- De: William Arntz, Betsy Chase, Mark Vicente
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 435
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 319
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 322
With the help of 14 leading physicists, scientists, and spiritual thinkers, this book guides listeners on a course from the scientific to the spiritual, and from the universal to the personal. Along the way, it asks such questions as: Are we seeing the world as it really is What is the relationship between our thoughts and our world? How can I create my day every day? What the Bleep answers this question and others through an innovative new approach to self-help and spirituality.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Attacking straw men
- De Henrik en 08-06-11
De: William Arntz, y otros
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There Is a God
- How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
- De: Antony Flew, Roy Abraham Varghese - contributor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Rebekah Hull en 08-03-21
De: Antony Flew, y otros
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The Blank Slate
- The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- De: Steven Pinker
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 22 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,948
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,280
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,244
In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits, denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't bother. Outdated science & poor logic...
- De ejf211 en 03-31-10
De: Steven Pinker
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The Landscape of History
- How Historians Map the Past
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book!
- De Billy en 09-15-18
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience
- A Personal View of the Search for God
- De: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan - editor
- Narrado por: Adrienne C. Moore, Ann Druyan
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 150
The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sagan's lectures about the possibility of God
- De David T. en 11-13-17
De: Carl Sagan, y otros
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When Einstein Walked with Gödel
- Excursions to the Edge of Thought
- De: Jim Holt
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 15 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 627
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 534
Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good overview of scientific theory
- De MJ Walters en 09-11-18
De: Jim Holt
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The Ego Tunnel
- The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
- De: Thomas Metzinger
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 366
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 268
We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain - an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is "a virtual self in a virtual reality." But if the self is not "real," why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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non-specialist literature at its best
- De Esmeralda en 03-17-10
De: Thomas Metzinger
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Out of Our Heads
- You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
- De: Alva Noe
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Alva Noë is one of a new breed - part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist - who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the 200-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the brain.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A bold, yet ultimately unsupported, hypothesis
- De Keith Pyne-Howarth en 01-17-10
De: Alva Noe
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Why Does the World Exist?
- An Existential Detective Story
- De: Jim Holt
- Narrado por: Steven Menasche
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 296
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 251
Author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway best seller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the public alike, traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. Holt adopts the role of cosmological detective, traveling the globe to interview a host of celebrated scientists, philosophers, and writers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fatal Reader Flaw
- De Let's Be Reasonable en 05-09-14
De: Jim Holt
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A Beginner’s Guide to Reality
- Exploring Our Everyday Adventures in Wonderland
- De: Jim Baggott
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 101
A unique fusion of philosophy and metaphysics set against the backdrop of contemporary culture. Have you ever wondered if the world is really there when you're not looking? We tend to take the reality of our world very much for granted. This book will lead you down the rabbit hole in search of something we can point to, hang our hats on, and say this is real.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A real great listen on the nature of reality
- De Patrick Mabry, Jr. en 07-30-14
De: Jim Baggott
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Giving the Devil His Due
- Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
- De: Michael Shermer
- Narrado por: Michael Shermer
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
Who is the "Devil"? And what is he due? The devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right to speak his mind. He must have this for your own safety's sake, because his freedom is inextricably tied to your own. If he can be censored, why shouldn't you be censored? If we put barriers up to silence "unpleasant" ideas, what's to stop the silencing of any discussion? This book is a full-throated defense of free speech and open inquiry in politics, science, and culture by the New York Times best-selling author and skeptic Michael Shermer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flawed Audio
- De Private en 04-10-20
De: Michael Shermer
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Where the Conflict Really Lies
- Science, Religion, & Naturalism
- De: Alvin Plantinga
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 215
This audiobook is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates - the compatibility of science and religion. The last twenty years has seen a cottage industry of books on this divide, but with little consensus emerging. Plantinga, as a top philosopher but also a proponent of the rationality of religious belief, has a unique contribution to make. His theme in this short book is that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The reader makes or breaks an audiobook.
- De Alec en 02-16-15
De: Alvin Plantinga
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The Flip
- Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge
- De: Jeffrey J. Kripal
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
A “flip,” writes Jeffrey J. Kripal, is “a reversal of perspective,” “a new real,” often born of an extreme, life-changing experience. The Flip is Kripal’s ambitious, visionary program for unifying the sciences and the humanities to expand our minds, open our hearts, and negotiate a peaceful resolution to the culture wars.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting subject, terrible narrator
- De Lesley en 11-16-22
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The Quantum and the Lotus
- A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
- De: Matthieu Ricard, Trinh Xuan Thuan
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an academic conference in the summer of 1997, they began discussing the many remarkable connections between the teachings of Buddhism and the findings of recent science. That conversation grew into an astonishing correspondence exploring a series of fascinating questions. Did the universe have a beginning? Might our perception of time in fact be an illusion, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no ultimate reality? What is consciousness and how did it evolve?
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5 out of 5 stars
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The
- De willmit en 05-02-21
De: Matthieu Ricard, y otros