TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; FOREWORD; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; PART II; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; THE PAST; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; THE PRESENT; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; THE FUTURE; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY ONE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
This work is a new look at the age-old philosophical question of the "mind-body" duality. The author adeptly demonstrates that there is not really any conflict in the two seemingly opposing views. When it is realized that the universe is governed purely by physical laws, the supposed dichotomy dissolves. Inspired by his long-running exploration of the panorama of pop music, the author blends in references to song lyrics as he explains the ways in which the lives of human beings are inextrica ..