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A Brief History of the Soul
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Artikel-Nr:
9781444395921
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Stewart Goetz
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book is a clear and concise history of the soul in western philosophy, from Plato to cutting-edge contemporary work in philosophy of mind. Packed with arguments for and against a range of different, historically significant philosophies of the soul Addresses the essential issues, including mind-body interaction, the causal closure of the physical world, and the philosophical implications of the brain sciences for the soul's existence Includes coverage of theories from key figures, such as Plato, Aquinas, Locke, Hume, and Descartes Unique in combining the history of ideas and the development of a powerful case for a non-reductionist, non-materialist account of the soul
This book is a clear and concise history of the soul in western philosophy, from Plato to cutting-edge contemporary work in philosophy of mind.* Packed with arguments for and against a range of different, historically significant philosophies of the soul* Addresses the essential issues, including mind-body interaction, the causal closure of the physical world, and the philosophical implications of the brain sciences for the soul's existence* Includes coverage of theories from key figures, such as Plato, Aquinas, Locke, Hume, and Descartes* Unique in combining the history of ideas and the development of a powerful case for a non-reductionist, non-materialist account of the soul
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 The Soul in Greek Thought 62 The Soul in Medieval Christian Thought 303 The Soul in Continental Thought 654 The Soul in Locke, Butler, Reid, Hume, and Kant 1055 The Problem of Soul-Body Causal Interaction 1316 The Soul and Contemporary Science 1527 Contemporary Challenges to the Soul 1828 Thoughts on the Future of the Soul 202Bibliography 216Index 225