Are you an illusion? - Publisher Introduction

Are you an illusion? - Publisher Introduction Why this book?! There is no secret to the scientific scene in recent years, the growing veneration of experimental science, coinciding with the enormous technical progress made by science in people's lives, and there is no doubt that science is worthy of veneration, but the problem lies in taking science as a doctrine rather than as an important human activity, or taking it as a vision of the world that some people consider to be the sole founder of the facts that relate to human thought. From this idea, the British philosopher Mary Midgley wrote this little book, prompted by the claim raised by some of the most trusted and revered adherents of science that the human self does not really exist, and that it has been replaced by arrangements of brain cells. To show that the idea does not become scientific by mere pretense, and that scientists can mistake us for something else, and to reveal in the course of the book the roots from which all this article originated. It can be said that one of the most important advantages of this book is that it dealt with its central idea from many angles suitable for the multiplicity of issues that concern it, so it became the theme of substantive diversity; it came in twelve chapters, each of which navigates on a different topic through which the author raises some questions in the mind of the reader, and shows the extent of his connection with the central idea of the book. This book has discussed very important ideas in addition to its central idea in the critique of scientism and related, such as the criticism of reductionism, the criticism of what the author calls exclusive materialism, highlighting the problem of mind and body, discussing the historical roots of sanctification of science, emphasizing the originality of values, and the victory of free will against the claims of those who deny its existence or influence, as well as emphasizing the universal nature of thought. As the author is best known for her intense criticism of Dawkins and her opposition to science and reductionism, she is also known for her adoption of the idea of Gaia and animal rights with her curious tendency to accept the ideas of naturalistic teleology and self-organization, and her natural tendency to believe in evolution (which has already become natural in contemporary Western cultural milieu), which we have expanded on in our rejection books. William Dembski, in his book “Cominion: Beyond the Nature of Information,” also criticized Nagel’s idea of the attribution of teleology to nature, an idea that Midgley espouses here often. Of course, we should not forget the other versions in which we expressed our rejection of Darwinian evolution, which occupies the bulk of our production at the center. The most important goal of directing this book is to see how prominent philosopher Mary Midgley's reviews deal with central statements in Western thought such as those of the most famous geneticist and DNA discoverer Francis Crick. We see how reductionist materialist statements have fallen on the ears of some equitable, even if they are non-religious. - Management of the Brahin Center — Source: Brahin Center website - Published on 2020-01-25 (archived at the Internet Archive) https://braheen.com/publications/intros/هل-أنت-وهم؟-مقدمة-الناشر