Facing Reality: Philosophical Adventures by a Brain Scientist

by John C. Eccles

The titling of this book - "Facing Reality" - came to me unbidden, presumably from my subconscious! But, when it came, it seemed to be right, because that essentially is what I am trying to do in this book. " Facing" is to be understood in the sense of "looking at in a steadfast and unflinching manner". It thus contrasts with "Confronting" which has the sense of "looking at with hostility and defiance". As I face life with its joys and its sorrows,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387900144
• ISBN13: 9780387900148
• Release Date: October 1970
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"