{"product_id":"realism-hardcover","title":"Realism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUwe C. Koepke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassically, science and philosophy were subsumed under the study of \"natural philosophy\". Scientific progress over time, especially the advances in the study of the brain-mind, has made a transcendent based \u003cstrong\u003eontology\u003c\/strong\u003e largely incompatible to one based on realism. The concepts of science can foster a complete philosophical system, albeit without the absolutism of theological concepts. Ontology, with an emphasis on\u003cstrong\u003e emergence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e explains how atoms can lead to life and mind. \"\u003cstrong\u003eKnowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\" is seen to be a specific mental model created by individual brains. The term must not be confused with \"information\". There is no \"mind-body problem\". \u003cstrong\u003eMind \u003c\/strong\u003eis an activity; body is a material structure. In \"Evaluation\" we show that the complex human brain allows for the comparison of different models, including those concerning an imagined future. These abilities along with the instinctual-emotional aspects of the brain-hormonal systems inform our concepts of \u003cstrong\u003eaesthetics\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eethics\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"Toward Wisdom\" then explores how these emergent processes of the brain-mind can be the foundation for ethics. It is found that neither absolutes, nor reductive simplicity are warranted. The necessary incompleteness of information makes the search for the best life an incompletable task. But improvement of concepts is possible and must be sought if life is to be anything other than 'brutish and short'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extensive \u003cstrong\u003eGlossary \u003c\/strong\u003eis included to facilitate understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45104886218831,"sku":"9798986116914","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/alIyOHFPWkdMblFwdmdCVE1SN2hiZz09.webp?v=1776403362","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/realism-hardcover","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}