{"product_id":"the-weirdness-of-the-world-hardcover","title":"The Weirdness of the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Schwitzgebel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the fundamental structure of the cosmos are bizarre--and why that's a good thing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing? Is consciousness a purely physical matter, or might it require something extra, something nonphysical? According to the philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel, it's hard to say. In \u003ci\u003eThe Weirdness of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, Schwitzgebel argues that the answers to these fundamental questions lie beyond our powers of comprehension. We can be certain only that the truth--whatever it is--is weird. Philosophy, he proposes, can aim to open--to reveal possibilities we had not previously appreciated--or to close, to narrow down to the one correct theory of the phenomenon in question. Schwitzgebel argues for a philosophy that opens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccording to Schwitzgebel's \"Universal Bizarreness\" thesis, every possible theory of the relation of mind and cosmos defies common sense. According to his complementary \"Universal Dubiety\" thesis, no general theory of the relationship between mind and cosmos compels rational belief. Might the United States be a conscious organism--a conscious group mind with approximately the intelligence of a rabbit? Might virtually every action we perform cause virtually every possible type of future event, echoing down through the infinite future of an infinite universe? What, if anything, is it like to be a garden snail? Schwitzgebel makes a persuasive case for the thrill of considering the most bizarre philosophical possibilities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Schwitzgebel\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePerplexities of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDescribing Inner Experience?\u003c\/i\u003e (with Russell T. Hurlburt).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759004811552,"sku":"9780691215679","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0bcf6a3de70d2aca420b3affb1ce8a39.webp?v=1780140855","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-weirdness-of-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}