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    <title>The brain and the meaning of life</title>
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    <publisher>Princeton University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Answers 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</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Paul Thagard.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Life</topic>
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    <topic>Cognitive science</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BD 431 .T28 2010</classification>
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