What readers and critics are saying
In this thoroughly mind-expanding tome, Webb clearly argues that the dominating physicalist theory of life is not able to actually explain phenomena such as dreams, NDEs or that 'gut feeling', as well as showing that humans are not necessarily even equipped to understand time, life and the universe, due to being locked into dogmatic and inadequate scientific and philosophical (language) methodologies. With plenty of metaphysical phenomena having been proven to exist this century alone, this book takes the reader on a journey explaining what is life and indeed what is the universe and our place within it, introducing a whole array of eminent thinkers from Plato to Planck, Kant, Einstein, Mandelbrot, theologians, Phi, quantum physicists, sacred geometry and everyone and everything in between. Encapsulating the whole world of thought.
Webb presents his arguments in such an ordered manner it transports the reader to a mythical realm of ancient and modern philosophers, being first asked to explain our opinion on how we see life (making us think), to then being told how it all really probably is.
This book should be on the reading-list for all students of philosophy to anyone who is interested in how life has manifested. It's the ultimate self-help manual written in an accessible style that encourages further reading through the book as well as opening doors to other authors and thinkers within this ever-evolving discipline. My personal take is that I can't believe I've never heard of the word noumena before - everyone I meet from now on is going to hear how I have always inhabited the noumenal world . . how unsane is that?
An exceptionally interesting book - a worthy addition to the philosophy of mind. Plenty of food for thought for both the academic philosopher and the interested layman.
This defense of idealism is well-written; it is an important subject, and this is good reference work. An enormous tome that is heart-felt and flows well.