Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Goetz, Stewart,
• Taliaferro, Charles,

Titel

A brief history of the soul

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

Chichester, [England] : Wiley-Blackwell,

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOUL; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1The Soul in Greek Thought; Chapter 2The Soul in MedievalChristian Thought; Chapter 3The Soul in Continental Thought; Chapter 4The Soul in Locke, Butler,Reid, Hume, and Kant; Chapter 5The Problem of Soul-BodyCausal Interaction; Chapter 6The Soul andContemporary Science; Chapter 7Contemporary Challengesto the Soul; Chapter 8Thoughts on the Futureof the Soul; Bibliography; Index
• 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 soulAddresses 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 DescartesUnique in combining the h
• English
• Description based on print version record.