Absence of mind

"In this ambitious book acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought?science religion and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her award-winning novels Absence of Mind challenges postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the banner of science. In Robinson?s view scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead in its purest form science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge an aspect of the mystery of consciousness rather than providing a simple and final model of reality" --Cover p. 2