宇宙觉醒：一个对无神论者有用的想法

IF 0.8 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Journal of the American Philosophical Association Pub Date : 2022-09-08 DOI:10.1017/apa.2022.34

Bruce Milem

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摘要

一些作家将人类描述为参与宇宙，唤醒或充当宇宙认识自己的手段。在这篇论文中，我认为这个想法可以用最少的形而上学承诺来给出一个简单的解释。只要人们承认宇宙有一种统一性，人类是有意识的，就有可能将人类视为宇宙意识和自身知识的载体。我还认为，这个想法对无神论者来说是有用的，因为它比世俗人道主义更能满足托马斯·纳格尔所说的“对宇宙和解的渴望”（2010:3）。

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The Universe Waking Up: A Useful Idea for Atheists

Some writers have described human beings as participating in the universe waking up or serving as the means by which the universe comes to know itself. In this paper I argue that this idea can be given a straightforward explanation with minimal metaphysical commitments. As long as one grants that the universe has a kind of unity and that human beings are conscious, it is possible to see human beings as vehicles for the universe's consciousness and knowledge of itself. I also argue that this idea can be useful for atheists because it can satisfy what Thomas Nagel calls ‘the yearning for cosmic reconciliation’ (2010: 3) better than secular humanism can.

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