TY - BOOK ID - 128511383 TI - The atheist's guide to reality : enjoying life without illusions PY - 2011 SN - 9780393080230 0393080234 PB - New York : Norton, DB - UniCat KW - Atheism. KW - Scientism. KW - Atheism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:128511383 AB - We can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life and the nature of reality. Philosopher Alex Rosenberg maintains that science is the only thing that can really answer them--all of them. His upbeat book takes physics seriously as the complete description of reality and accepts all its consequences. He shows how physics makes Darwinian natural selection the only way life can emerge, and how that deprives nature of purpose, and human action of meaning, while it exposes conscious illusions such as free will and the self. The science that makes us nonbelievers provides the insight into the real difference between right and wrong, the nature of the mind, even the direction of human history. The Atheist's Guide to Reality draws powerful implications for the ethical and political issues that roil contemporary life. The result is "nice nihilism," a surprisingly sanguine perspective atheists can happily embrace.--From publisher description. ER -