緒論�Prologue



第一篇：宇宙�PART ONE: COSMOS

1 現實的基本本質�The Fundamental Nature of Reality

2 詩性自然主義�Poetic Naturalism

3 自行運轉的世界�The World Moves by Itself

4 後續事項的決定因素為何？�What Determines What Will Happen?

5 事發理由�reasons why

6 我們的宇宙�Our Universe

7 時間之箭�Times Arrow

8 記憶和起因�Memories and Causes

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第二篇：理解力�PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING

9 認識這個世界�Learning about the World

10 更新我們的知識�Updating Our Knowledge

11 凡事質疑好嗎？�Is It Okay to Doubt Everything?

12 現實浮現�Reality Emerges

13 哪些是真正存在的，哪些則是錯覺�What Exists, and What Is Illusion?

14 信念行星�Planets of belief

15 接受不確定性�Accepting Uncertainty

16 若不實際投入檢視，我們對世界能認識多少？�What Can We Know about the World without Actually Looking at It?

17 我是誰？�Who Am I?

18 綁架上帝�Abducting God

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第三篇：真髓�PART THREE：ESSENCE

19 我們知道多少�How Much We Know

20 量子國度�The Quantum Realm

21 詮釋量子力學�Interpreting Quantum Mechanics

22 核心理論�The Core Theory

23 構成我們的原料�The Stuff of Which We Are Made

24 日常世界的有效理論�The Effective Theory of the Everyday World

25 為什麼有宇宙？�Why Does the Universe Exist?

26 肉體和靈魂�Body and Soul

27 死亡就是終點�Death Is the End

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第四篇：複雜性�PART FOUR：Complexity

28 一杯咖啡裡的宇宙�The Universe in a Cup of Coffee

29 光和生命�Light and Life

30 灌注能量�Funneling Energy

31 自發組織�Spontaneous Organization

32 生命的根源和目的�The Origin and Purpose of Life

33 演化的自啟動作為�Evolutions Bootstraps

34 遍搜地貌景觀�Searching through the Landscape

35 突現的目的�Emergent Purpose

36 重點在我們嗎？�Are We the Point?

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第五篇：思想�PART FIVE：Thinking

37 蔓生形成意識�Crawling into Consciousness

38 喃喃自語的腦子�The Babbling Brain

39 是什麼在思考？�What Thinks?

40 困難問題�The Hard Problem

41 殭屍和傳說�Zombies and Stories

42 光子有意識嗎？�Are Photons Conscious?

43 什麼作用於什麼之上？�What Acts on What?

44 選擇的自由�Freedom to Choose

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第六篇：關懷�PART SIX：Caring

45 三十億次心跳�Three Billion Heartbeats

46 現狀和應有的狀況�What Is and What Ought to Be

47 規則和必然結果�Rules and Consequences

48 建構良善�Constructing Goodness

49 傾聽世界�Listening to the World

50 存在主義治療�Existential Therapy

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附錄：你和我的基底方程式�The Equation Underlying You and Me

參考資料�References

深入閱讀�Further Reading

感謝詞�Acknowledgments

中英對照�Index