00861nam a2200181 a 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022020001800063050002200081100001900103245005500122260005700177300004700234500005100281520031400332650001000646650002300656PILC20160130101706.0121116s19uu    xx            00    eng d  a9780691142722  aBD 431b.T28 2010  aThagard, Paul.  aThe brain and the meaning of life /cPaul Thagard.  aPrinceton, N.J :bPrinceton University Press,c2010.  axiii, 274 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aAnswers some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. This title argues that evidence requires the abandonment of many traditional ideas about the soul, free will, and immortality, and shows how brain science matters for fundamental issues about reality, morality, and the meaning of life  aLife.  aCognitive science.