‘As a man thinks, so is he.’ Personally, and socially, so is he. Yet if this is true, then ‘as a man thinks’ has led us into the thick of global crisis. What exactly is it, about our thinking, that fails us? What has gone so wrong? There are firm reasons why we may hope for new direction. Firstly, we have a new view of the connectedness of all things. Never before has this encompassed so much. It makes a crucial difference to philosophy. Secondly, when we recast philosophy’s high-level concepts in more concrete terms, it becomes possible to discuss them without confusion. This is the method of this book. There is much of interest for the theologian, too. Legendary film director Ingmar Bergman once wrote, ‘What will happen to us who want to believe, but can not?’ His ‘can not’ had to do with what Professor Karen Barad calls the ‘hegemony of physics’. Everything, Briefly details why it is impossible, in fact, to believe in a closed universe of cause and effect.
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Dr .Mel Thompson is a British writer, formerly a teacher and examiner. Author of 38 titles in philosophy, religion and ethics, he is best known for his introductions to the various branches of philosophy, in Hodder & Stoughton’s Teach Yourself series. His books have sold over half a million copies in English, and have been translated into 15 other languages. For further information about his books, along with a range of articles, reviews and free notes for students of philosophy and ethics, visit his website or take a look at his Wikipedia page
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