A Brief History of the Soul (Brief Histories of Philosophy)
Book Details
Author(s)
Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
1405196335
ISBN-13
9781405196338
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#4,938,125
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Description
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
