Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience (2018) (PDF) by Gregg Caruso

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Ebook Info

  • Published: 2018
  • Number of pages: 392
  • Format: PDF
  • File Size: 22.44 MB
  • Authors: Gregg Caruso

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Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to support a foundation of being. Second-wave existentialism, personified philosophically by Sartre, Camus, and de Beauvoir, developed in response to similar realizations about the overly optimistic Enlightenment vision of reason and the common good.

The third-wave of existentialism, a new existentialism, developed in response to advances in the neurosciences that threaten the last vestiges of an immaterial soul or self. Given the increasing explanatory and therapeutic power of neuroscience, the mind no longer stands apart from the world to serve as a foundation of meaning. This produces foundational anxiety.

User’s Reviews

“There’s been lots of grounds for existential dread. First, God died in Nietzsche’s arms. Then, the 20th century nearly drowned us in human carnage. Now, we are beset with what Caruso and Flanagan call the “third wave” of existential despair–what do we do as neuroscience shows that “mind” is solely a product of “brain,” that “brain” is solely a product of an indifferent physical universe, and that free will is a myth? In this superb volume, some of the smartest people on earth wrestle with the implications of neuroexistentialism, including with the deepest question of all – how do we find meaning if we are merely the sum of our biology?” –Robert M. Sapolsky, Professor of Neuroscience, Stanford University

“This book brings together leading neuroscientists and philosophers to examine concepts such as free will, love, and morality through the lens of modern brain research, and will be indispensable to scholars interested in what neuroscience can tell us about human nature and selfhood.” –Mo Costandi, Neurophilosophy blog, The Guardian, and author of Neuroplasticity (2016)

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