Sam Harris

En El fin de la fe, Sam Harris presenta un sorprendente análisis del enfrentamiento entre razón y religión en el mundo moderno. Realiza un lúcido recorrido histórico por nuestra voluntad de abandonar la razon en favor de las creencias religiosas, aunque dichas creencias acaben por inspirar las peores atrocidades que ha cometido la humanidad. Harris argumenta que, teniendo en cuenta las armas de destruccion masiva, no podemos pensar que vamos a sobrevivir nuestras diferencias religiosas indefinidamente. Alimenta aun mas la controversia exponiendo que la moderacion en la religion presenta considerables peligros, ya que la manera en que hemos acomodado la fe religiosa en nuestra sociedad ofusca el papel que representa la fe en la perpetuacion de los conflictos humanos.Mientras nos pone en guardia contra la intromision de las diferentes confesiones religiosas en la politica mundial, Harris se inspira en la neurociencia, la filosofia y el misticismo oriental para hacer una llamada -tanto laica como humanista- a la elaboracion de una etica y una espiritualidad verdaderamente modernas. Autores/as: SAM HARRIS ha ocupado los primeros puestos de la lista de best-sellers del New York Times con su libro El fin de la fe. Religion, terror y el futuro de la razon, con el cual gano el Premio PEN/Martha Albrand de ensayo en el año 2005.

The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain s motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move Another lab recently used fMRI data to show that some conscious decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before they enter awareness long before the preparatory motor activity detected by Libet Clearly findings of this kind are difficult to reconcile with the sense that one is the conscious source of one s actions The question of free will is no mere curio of philosophy seminars A belief in free will underwrites both the religious notion of sin and our enduring commitment to retributive justice The Supreme Court has called free will a universal and persistent foundation for our system of law Any scientific developments that threatened our notion of free will would seem to put the ethics of punishing people for their bad behaviour in question In Free Will Harris debates these ideas and asks whether or not given what brain science is telling us we actually have free will

Para los millones de personas que buscan una espiritualidad sin religión, "Despertar" es una amenísima guía para la meditación. De interés para meditadores, agnósticos, budistas y científicos. Una lúcida indagacion en los fundamentos cientificos de la esp

El neurocientífico y filósofo Sam Harris se dirige en esta obra al veintitantos por ciento de occidentales que no se adhieren a ninguna religión pero que sospechan que las experiencias de figuras como Jesus, el Buda, Lao Tse, Rumi y otros santos y sabios de la historia contienen verdades realmente profundas.Harris, un mordaz critico de las religiones institucionalizadas y esceptico declarado, sostiene que para entender la realidad existen mas herramientas de las que la ciencia y la cultura laica nos proporcionan. Es mas, Harris muestra que la atencion que prestamos al momento presente determina en gran manera la calidad de nuestra vida.Despertar es una lucida indagacion en los fundamentos cientificos de la espiritualidad. Ningun otro libro vincula de este modo la sabiduria contemplativa con la ciencia moderna.

For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harriss new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and new atheist Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplativesand, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow.Waking Up is part seekers memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harrisa scientist, philosopher, and famous scepticcould write it.

From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The End of Faith" comes a new, hard-hitting, and impassioned book that continues Harriss fight against the rigid adherence to Christian religious literalism that is altering the face of this nation. Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a "loving" God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history.

Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations Sam Harris Neuroscientist philosopher podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind society and the events that shape our world Harris s search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of our most brilliant and controversial contemporary minds Daniel Kahneman Robert Sapolsky Anil Seth and Max Tegmark in order to unpack and clarify ideas of consciousness free will extremism and ethical living For Harris honest conversation no matter how difficult or contentious represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress Featuring eleven conversations from the hit podcast these electric exchanges fuse wisdom with rigorous interrogation to shine a light on what it means to make sense of our world today I don t have many can t miss podcasts but Making Sense is right at the top of that short list Stephen Fry Sam Harris is the most intellectually courageous man I know Richard Dawkins

SINOPSIS DEL LIBRO ORIGINAL: "Despertar" es una obra especialmente dedicada a todas las personas que no profesan ninguna religión, pero que reconocen en las vidas de Jesús, Buda, Lao Tsé, Rumi y otros personajes de la historia, verdades realmente profundas. Su autor, San Harris, que es un critico agudo de las religiones institucionalizadas, desarrolla una teoria que sostiene que para entender la realidad existen mas herramientas de las que la ciencia y la cultura laica nos ofrecen, y que la religion nada aporta. Destaca el presente como el momento en que se juega la calidad de nuestra vida, por lo que enfatiza la importancia de atender al "ahora" y de la atencion plena. "Despertar" es una muy interesante y audaz investigacion acerca de los fundamentos cientificos de la espiritualidad, y logra una asociacion innovadora entre la actitud contemplativa de la vida y la ciencia moderna.

Desde la publicación de mi primer libro, El fin de la fe, me han escrito miles de personas para decirme que hago mal no creyendo en Dios. Los comunicados más hostiles provienen de cristianos. Algo ironico, dado que los cristianos suelen creer que ninguna religion imparte las virtudes del amor y el perdon mejor que la suya. La verdad es que muchos de los que afirman haber cambiado gracias al amor de Cristo son profundamente intolerantes a la critica. Aunque quisieramos achacar esto a la naturaleza humana, resulta evidente que ese odio recibe un apoyo considerable en la Biblia. ¿Que como lo se? Los mas perturbados de mis corresponsales siempre citan capitulo y versiculo.

Sam Harris s first book The End of Faith ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion In the aftermath Harris discovered that most people from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists agree on one point science has nothing to say on the subject of human values Indeed our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith In this highly controversial book Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge Defining morality in terms of human and animal well being Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are it can in principle tell us how we ought to be In his view moral relativism is simply false and comes at an increasing cost to humanity And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra there can be no Christian or Muslim morality Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience along with his experience on the front lines of our culture wars Harris delivers a game changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation

For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harriss new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and new atheist Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplativesand, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow.Waking Up is part seekers memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harrisa scientist, philosopher, and famous scepticcould write it.

Um olhar racional sobre como funcionam os mecanismos da meditação e os benefícios que ela pode nos trazer.Além de filósofo da moral e célebre ateísta, Sam Harris é um praticante entusiasmado de medit