Why We Matter: The Science Behind What Makes Life Meaningful

A compelling examination of our relationship with scientific truth, dogma, and the human need to make meaning in our lives, from an expert in the field

Thanks to rigorous work in the fields of psychology and philosophy, Dr. Jess Tracy presents an argument against the standard materialist belief that our lives cannot be meaningful. The science we’ve been taught dictates that we live in a universe shaped by random chance and natural selection, that life has no intrinsic value. But humans need ...