Ambitions by Audrey Howard
For anyone who has ever tried to understand what it is to be a human being, the quest for this fundamental kind of knowledge has always been grounded on a few basic, but hidden, assumptions. Foremost among these unquestioned predicates is the existence of the world as a given, a backdrop against which our thoughts and actions are given focus. Rarely in the philosophical literature has anyone questioned this idea, that the world exists whether we are here to experience it or not. This basic, largely unquestioned assumption gives rise to a need for thinkers to explain how consciousness arises from the basic building blocks of which the world consists. Drawing on his background in physics and decades of non-traditional study, Gottlieb asks what happens if you reverse this inquiry, and start from the premise that consciousness exists whether or not there is a world to perceive. After all, every interpretation of quantum mechanics, the foundation of modern physics, is based on observation, and observation requires the existence of consciousness. In the process of this inquiry, he proposes a radically different explanation for the existence of the world and of our relationship to it. Because the Seer's Explanation is constructed on the mirror image of the most fundamental assumption underlying the traditional explanation, it is no wonder that this new explanation leads to radically different conclusions regarding what a human being is, what is possible for individuals and their societies, and the relationship humans have with the universe itself.
Audrey Howard was born in Liverpool in 1929. Before she began to write she had a variety of jobs, among them hairdresser, model, shop assistant, cleaner and civil servant. In 1981, while living in Australia, she wrote the first of her bestselling novels. She lives in St Anne's on Sea, her childhood home.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099663911 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099663910 |
| Title | Ambitions |
| Author | Audrey Howard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1996-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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