A well thought out book by an atheist scientific philosopher exploring the alternatives to origin of life by chance and development of that life to all current ...

Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False is a 2012 book by the philosopher Thomas Nagel.

Mind and Cosmos lays out a far-reaching, general campaign. He wants to defend not only consciousness against reductionism, as in previous work, but also to ...

Oct 29, 2012 · Nagel thinks that reason gives us insights into reality that evolution cannot account for. Whereas perception gives us a view of the world ...

Aug 18, 2013 · We ourselves, as physical organisms, are part of that universe, composed of the same basic elements as everything else, and recent advances in ...