Theology and the Scientific Imagination
This dense book covers the transition period between the mediaeval world of theology to the modern world of science and the continuities maintained between the…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Timefulness
The title of this thoughtful book indicates the necessity of an awareness of the Earth's temporal rhythms for our planetary survival – thinking about time…… Read More »
The AI Delusion
This refreshing, amusing and frank book dispels many myths about the nature of AI when compared with human intelligence, with a stimulating range of examples.…… Read More »
Consciousness Demystified
Authors: Jon M. Mallat, Todd E. Feinberg
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
After Consciousness Explained comes Consciousness Demystified based on a model of neurobiological naturalism related to the ideas of John Searle but based in evolution and…… Read More »
BEING AND BIOLOGY
This book must have been one of the last editing jobs of the late Robert (Bob) Jahn, who died last year after a long and…… Read More »
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MACHINE
This is a brilliant and penetrating study of the prehistory of the computer in relation to the evolution of human consciousness, drawing on many primary…… Read More »
Pilgrimages to Emptiness
I met the author at a recent conference in Italy, where he presented a fascinating lecture on the I Ching. In the 1990s, he was…… Read More »
The Archetype of the Number and its Reflections in Contemporary Cosmology
This book is an interesting journey through what the author calls psychophysical rhythmic configurations, using the work of Jung and Pauli as a starting point…… Read More »
Music by Numbers – From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
This is a fascinating study of the reciprocal relationship between music and mathematics in the West. The last 150 years have seen the breakdown of…… Read More »
Causation in Science
The emphasis of this technical book is on causal constraints in science, i.e. general conceptual scaffolding and principles rather than causal relations between individual elements…… Read More »