Episode · EconTalk · 2023-02-06
Books mentioned on Sam Harris on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Morality
According to neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, rationality is the key to safeguarding everything we cherish, and its only true enemy is dogmatic inflexibility.
Russ Roberts discussed Free Will by Sam Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Free Will
Free Will is a concise philosophical book by Sam Harris that argues humans do not possess conscious control over their actions.
Discussed“You wrote a book called Free Will. We might talk about it in a few minutes.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The End of Faith
“I wrote my first book, The End of Faith, and that proved so controversial and the the conversation around those issues was so rich and interesting that uh I quickly wrote a second book in response to the pushback there, A Letter to a Christian Nation”
Plugged Letter to a Christian Nation
“I wrote my first book, The End of Faith, and that proved so controversial and the the conversation around those issues was so rich and interesting that uh I quickly wrote a second book in response to the pushback there, A Letter to a Christian Nation”
Plugged Free Will
“I think I talk about it in my book Free Will, but I I often talk about it when I I talk about this subject.”