Thomas Nagel and the Limitations of Scientific Materialism

Episode 598 November 14, 2012 00:05:25
Thomas Nagel and the Limitations of Scientific Materialism
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Thomas Nagel and the Limitations of Scientific Materialism

Nov 14 2012 | 00:05:25

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, Joshua Youngkin gives his review of Thomas Nagel's new book Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False. Nagel, a distinguished philosopher at NYU and an atheist, suggests that our world isn't as scientifically knowable as many perceive it to be. Tune in as Youngkin discusses Nagel's thoughts on why scientific materialism offers only a partial picture of the world.

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