Mystery 101 : An Introduction to the Big Questions and the Limits of Human Knowledge

Jones, Richard H.

State University of New York Press（2019/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438468204
• DDC分類 121

Full Description

Delineates the knowable from the unknowable in philosophy, science, and theology.

Offering readers much to ponder, Richard H. Jones approaches the "big questions" of philosophy such as the nature of reality, consciousness, free will, the existence of God, and the meaning of life not by weighing the merits of leading arguments in these debates, but instead by questioning the extent to which we are even in a position to answer such questions in the first place. Regardless of continuous technical and even groundbreaking advances in knowledge, there will always be gaps in what we can fully understand. Distinguishing true mysteries from problems yet to be solved but within the scope of our intellectual grasp, Jones provides a penetrating and high-level overview of the scope and limits of scientific and philosophical inquiry.

Contents

Preface

1. Philosophy of Mystery

2. Do We Create Our Own Mysteries?

3. Do We Know Anything at All?

4. What Is Reality?

5. Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

6. Why Is Nature Ordered?

7. Reductionism and Emergence

8. Does Science Dispel Mystery?

9. What of Current Mysteries in Physics and Cosmology?

10. What of Current Mysteries in Biology?

11. What Am I?

12. What Is Consciousness?

13. Do We Have Free Will?

14. Does God Exist?

15. Is There an Objective Meaning to Our Lives?

16. The Mystery of the Ordinary

Further Reading
Bibliography
Index