Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

the rest made of, and what explains the unexpectedly increasing rate of
expansion of the universe? Physicists are hard at work on these questions;
this book is a discussion of their current thoughts on the matter.
Parsons, Talcott. .
the history of sociology lays out a seminal theory about the ways in which
societies change over time.
Penrose, Roger. The Emperor’s New Mind. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1989. The human brain is just a collection of atoms. As such, it
ought to be governed by the laws of physics. If our consciousness is just
the result of brain activity, then our minds, too, ought to be the predictable
results of the laws of nature. But we seem to have free will. How does
mechanics hold the answer.
Perrin, Jean. Atoms. Woodbridge, CT: Ox Bow Press, 1990. The Nobel
laureate’s explanation of his experimental work that showed beyond a
shadow of a doubt that atoms must be thought of as real things.
Phillips, Adam. .
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. A short and accessible
biography that combines the story of Freud’s life with an explanation of his
psychoanalytic method and the theories that lay beneath it.
Pullman, Bernard. . New York:
Oxford University Press, 1998. A comprehensive account of the various
atomic theories that have been proposed from antiquity through the
20 th century.
Rand, Ayn. . New York: Plume, 1994. A voluminous story
of the efforts of an individualist who sticks to his unique vision against
fashion in order to undermine the harmful effects of collectivism, policies
designed to care for the well-being of the masses.
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