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Magazine article Times Higher Education. By Rupert Sheldrake. Coronet, pp, Pounds ISBN Published 5 January Wham bam! Rupert Sheldrake takes on the "truth-finding religion" of science in general and "ten dogmas" of the 21st-century worldview in particular. These include arguments that consciousness is "a by-product" of the biochemistry of the brain; that evolution is purposeless; that God is only an idea. Each is dealt with swiftly and efficiently in its own chapter, at the conclusion of which are some sceptical questions that challenge the reader to think again, and a clear summary of the main arguments. Sheldrake recalls, disapprovingly, the philosopher of science George Sarton saying: "Truth can be determined only by the judgment of experts The people have nothing to say but accept the decisions handed out to them. And he hints The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry religion lies behind many philosophical certainties, starting with Descartes splitting asunder mind and matter, that have shaped the modern, supposedly "objective" worldview. In place of such orthodoxy, he offers a more mysterious Universe shaped by "morphic resonance". The idea is that this explains how crystals adopt a collective strategy for growing, how spiders inherit good habits for spinning webs, and The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry how humans become, equally mysteriously, better at solving a puzzle once it has been solved unbeknown to them elsewhere. The Universe, it seems, is essentially mind, not little bits of matter, and the regularities sought so energetically by science are miasmic and illusory. By way of The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry, Sheldrake offers scientific loose ends such as the variation long known in experimental measurements of the speed of light, in defiance of Einstein's theory; the inconvenient need for dark matter to balance the Universe; the "heroic", fruitless search for memory "traces" in the brain, conducted by slicing up monkeys; and, of course, the propensity of dogs to know when their masters are coming home see Sheldrake,as it were. An unknown error has occurred. Please click the button below to reload the page. If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. Read preview. Read preview Overview. Paloutzian; Crystal L. Park Guilford Press, Religion, Spirituality, and Humanism. Sister Teresa Katherine Cheslock Nov. We use cookies to deliver a better user experience and to show you ads based on your interests. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry by Rupert Sheldrake

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has be The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system. All The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls. Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun. In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God, but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned and itself a delusion. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Science Delusionplease sign up. Who's heard of "morphic resonance"? Bruce me. This term was coined I think by Sheldrake over 30 years ago but has been taken on and I have seen it in a number of books. See 1 question about The Science Delusion…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Dec 29, Brian Clegg rated it liked it. Half of what's in this quite chunky tome is excellent - the trouble is that I suspect the other bits, The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry aren't so good, will put off those that really should be reading it. The fundamental message Rupert Sheldrake is trying to get across is that science typically operates in a very blinkered, limited way. And he's right. He shows very convincingly the way that time and again scientists refuse to look at anything outside of a very limited set of possibilities, not because there is good evidenc Half of what's in this quite chunky tome is excellent - the trouble is that The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry suspect the other bits, which aren't so good, will put off those that really should be reading it. He shows very convincingly the way that time and again scientists refuse to look at anything outside of a very limited set of possibilities, not because there is good evidence that these particular avenues should be The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry, but simply because of kneejerk reactions and belief systems. Of course science can't examine every silly idea, fruitcake theory and dead-end observation, but the closed- mindedness of many scientists is quite extraordinary, and certainly not scientific. And in bringing this out, Sheldrake has a lot to offer in this book. He examines a whole range of assumptions that are generally made in science and never questioned - and this is a brilliant thing. We're talking basic things like universal constants staying constant, energy being conserved, whether consciousness is purely a product of the matter in the brain and so on. I'm not saying these are assumptions are necessarily wrong, but it's too easy to get into the habit of thinking that they shouldn't be questioned. We quickly forget that they are assumptions. Sheldrake also shows powerfully how some professional skeptics simply have no interest in looking into claims for anything outside of our current scientific understanding telepathy, for example. He cites a wonderful example where he was brought into a TV programme with Richard Dawkins. He did this on the assurance that this would would involve the discussion of the evidence for and against telepathy. The director confirmed that he too was not interested in evidence. Another great example is pointing out how little science, outside of medicine and parapsychology makes use of blind experiments. It has been demonstrated time and again that if experimenters have an expected outcome, they will influence the results of the experiment. A good example was an experiment using rats in a maze. The experimenters were split into two, one set given highly intelligent rats, the other given slow rats. Not surprisingly, the intelligent rats completed the mazes very significantly faster. Only they were both the same type of rats. The only difference was the experimenters' expectations. When physicists undertake an experiment the hunt for a Higgs boson, saythey are not usually open minded, they are looking for a specific outcome. It's rather scary to think just how much they may be biasing the experimental outcome and what's published - at least 90 percent of data isn't towards the results they expect. So there's good stuff in here that everyone working in science, or thinking about science, ought to consider. But then there's the downside. We've all got friends who are obsessed with their hobbies. And whatever you are talking about, they will bring in their pet topic. So you might be discussing the banking crisis The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry your friend who is a bus enthusiast pipes up, 'Yes, and it's amazing what an effect it has had on bus timetables. Don't mention it, Rupert. The thing is, Sheldrake is a legitimate scientist who came up with an idea that has been largely ignored or ridiculed. Morphic resonance apart from sounding far too much like a weapon the Borg would use is actually not a bad idea and deserves further investigation. But as soon as you bring your pet unsupported scientific theories into a book it degrades the rest of it. Morphic fields might illustrate well the kind of problem with assumptions and conventions that Sheldrake is trying to highlight, but because they are so speculative, they simply get in the way. He should have left them out. Similarly there is quite a lot here that will put the backs up of many readers. Material that seems supportive of anything from homeopathy to the concept of chi qi in ancient Chinese medicine. The trouble here is that Sheldrake seems to be confusing two things. It is perfectly possible that there The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry phenomena like telepathy that exist at least in perception but aren't well explained by current scientific theories. But this doesn't mean that you should give any support The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry totally fictional theories that have no basis in observation and what we do know about science. We may well need new ideas, new mechanisms - but not hauling out hoary old ideas that are long past their sell-by date. He should have trimmed this guff out, which would not in any way have weakened the main thrust of the book. Overall, then, a valuable and powerful message, but one that is almost certainly going to be lost to those who most need to hear of it because of the unfortunate trappings that have also been included. Review first published on www. View all 4 comments. Dec 23, Robert Lomas rated it it was amazing. Dr The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry Sheldrake is a biologist with a distinguished track record as fellow of Clare College Cambridge where he served as Director of Studies in cell biology before heading up the Perrott-Warwick Project to investigate human abilities at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has published over 80 peer reviewed scientific papers and ten books. He studied natural sciences at Cambridge University where he got a double first in botany and biology. He then spent a year a Harvard studying the history and Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist with a distinguished track record as fellow of Clare College Cambridge where he served as Director of Studies in cell biology before heading up the Perrott-Warwick Project to investigate human abilities at Trinity College, Cambridge. He then spent a year a Harvard studying the history and philosophy of Science before returning to Cambridge to take a Phd in biochemistry. His scientific credentials are sound, which makes the questions he poses in The Science Delusion worth considering. Having studied the science of living things for all of his academic life he has noticed that there is an interaction between consciousness and the structure of reality which fits uncomfortably alongside the reductionist assumptions of neo-darwinist school of materialist biologists, led by Prof Richard Dawkins. The neo-Darwinists believe that life is simply a complex, but accidental, automation. It consists of chemical and physical interactions The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry purposeless particles and self-awareness is nothing more than a post hoc rationalization of predetermined outcomes ruled only by chance. The main thrust of their thesis is that life is a pointless and purposeless accident. The Science Delusion / Science Set Free

Geschreven bij The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry Science Delusion. Ik dacht dat ik de wereld met een redelijke open blik bekeek, maar dit boek heeft me doen inzien dat ik soms heel klakkeloos de huidige materialistische visie op de wereld heb overgenomen en me veel te weinig zelf afvraag hoe de wereld in elkaar zit. Heel interessant en zeker aan te raden! Dit fantastische boek van bioloog Rupert Sheldrake doet beseffen dat wetenschap gebasseerd is op heel wat dogma's. In zijn helder geschreven, wetenschappelijk onderbouwde tekst, weerlegt Sheldrake 10 dogma's van de moderne materialistische wetenschap. Zijn weerleggingenleiden niet tot 'gezeur' over science, maar revitaliseert het en maakt wetenschap The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry spannend en beloftevol. Zelf geeft hij ook heel wat toekomstige mogelijkheden voor de exacte wetenschappen. Ik hoop van harte dat elke wetenschapper dit boek leest; het zal de wetenschappelijke toekomst ten goede komen. Ook wel grappig hoe je regelmatig tegen komt dat de onderzoeken naar metafysica zich plaats vonden in Nederland. Taal: Engels. Auteur: Rupert Sheldrake. Uitgever: Coronet. Ebooks lezen is heel makkelijk. Na aankoop zijn ze direct beschikbaar op je Kobo e-reader en op je smartphone of tablet met de gratis bol. Rupert Sheldrake. He worked as a biochemist and cell biologist at Cambridge University from to and as principal plant physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in India until Bron: Wikipedia. Toon meer Toon minder. Samenvatting Freeing the Spirit of EnquiryThe Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book published in the US as Science Set FreeDr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has become a The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry system. All reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls. Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun. In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God, but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned and itself a delusion. Sheldrake may help us do so through this well-written, challenging and always interesting book. Lees de eerste pagina's. Overige kenmerken Gewicht g Verpakking breedte mm Verpakking hoogte 26 mm Verpakking lengte mm. Reviews Schrijf een review. Aantal reviews: 4. Orione 5 januari Ik raad dit product aan. Vernieuwend Verrassend verbazingwekkend helder onderbouwd. Geschreven bij The Science Delusion Ik dacht dat ik de wereld met een redelijke open blik bekeek, maar dit boek heeft me doen inzien dat ik The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry heel klakkeloos de huidige materialistische visie op de wereld heb overgenomen en me veel te weinig zelf afvraag hoe de wereld in elkaar zit. Vond je dit een nuttige review? SimonFivez 23 juni Ik raad dit product aan. Toegankelijk Heldere boodschap Inspirerend Verrassend. Geschreven bij The Science Delusion Dit fantastische boek van bioloog Rupert Sheldrake doet beseffen dat wetenschap gebasseerd is op heel wat dogma's. PinkyPlaybear Terneuzen 19 augustus Ik raad dit product aan. Toegankelijk Heldere boodschap grensverleggend. Geschreven bij The Science Delusion Helder geschreven, grondig onderbouwd, interessante materie. Kies je bindwijze. Direct beschikbaar. Verkoop door The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry. Ebook Op verlanglijstje. Start direct met lezen Digitaal lezen is voordelig Dag en nacht klantenservice Veilig betalen. Anderen bekeken ook. Science and Spiritual Practices 0. The Presence of the Past 0. Animals Matter 0. Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness 2. The Nature of Consciousness 3. The Evolutionary Mind 0. Bekijk de hele lijst. Vaak samen gekocht. Science and Spiritual Practices 7, The Presence of the Past Adviesprijs 8,99 5, Nooit meer te druk 9,