How Long to Read The Mind and the Machine

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mind and the Machine?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read The Mind and the Machine by Matthew Dickerson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called 'Singularity', when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person - something that might be known as 'soul' or 'spirit'? As this book makes clear, the answers to these questions have profound implications to topics such as heroism, creativity, ecology, and the possibility of reason and science. In exploring this important topic, Dickerson engages the ideas of some well-known twentieth- and twentyfirst-century espousers of physicalism, including the philosopher Daniel Dennett, the biologist Richard Dawkins, the futurist-engineer Raymond Kurzweil,the psychologist B.F. Skinner, and the mathematician-philosopher Bertrand Russell. Through a careful reading of their works, Dickerson not only provides a fivefold critique of physicalism but also offers a Christian alternative in the form of 'integrative dualism', which affirms the existence of both a physical and a spiritual reality without diminishing the goodness or importance of either, and acknowledges that humans are spiritual as well as bodily persons.

How long is The Mind and the Machine?

The Mind and the Machine by Matthew Dickerson is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mind and the Machine Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Mind and the Machine aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mind and the Machine?

The Mind and the Machine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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