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Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists

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Materialists claim that the mind, consciousness, life, evolution and the universe can be explained as the purposeless dance of unconscious particles, governed by chance. This book asks, does materialism make sense? Graham Dunstan Martin delves into areas as diverse as quantum physics, cosmology, artificial intelligence, brain science, biology, mysticism and philosophy, to assess the probabilities that the materialists are right. Are we, he asks, living souls? Does our universe in fact have a Designer? He concludes that computers will never become conscious; that the mind is not the same as the brain; that we genuinely and creatively possess free will; and that our experience of diverse levels of consciousness simply cannot be explained by materialism. This book is for all enquiring minds who are dissatisfied with the current reigning creed.

282 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

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Graham Dunstan Martin

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Graham Dunstan Martin (Leeds, Reino Unido, 21 de octubre de 1932). Es un escritor, filólogo y profesor universitario británico. Se licenció en la Universidad de Oxford en Filología Francesa, y tras varios años dando clases en colegios, comenzó a enseñar poesía, literatura y filosofía en la Universidad de Edimburgo, donde permaneció desde 1965 y hasta su jubilación en el año 2000.

Su obra es conocida por públicos muy diversos, puesto que ha escrito novelas de fantasía tanto para niños como para adultos, además de haber realizado trabajos de crítica literaria, algunos ensayos filosóficos y traducciones profesionales de poesía francesa.

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