The Problem Of The Soul

Author : Owen Flanagan
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780786725311

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The Problem Of The Soul by Owen Flanagan Pdf

Science has always created problems for traditional ways of seeing things, but now the very attributes that make us human--free will, the permanence of personal identity, the existence of the soul--are threatened by the science of the mind. If the mind is the brain, and therefore a physical object subject to deterministic laws, how can we have free will? If most of our thoughts and impulses are unconscious, how can we be morally responsible for what we do? If brains and bodies undergo relentless change, how can our identities be constant? The Problem of the Soul shows the way out of these paradoxes. Framing the conflict in terms of two dominant visions of the mind--the "manifest image" of humanistic philosophy and theology, and the scientific image--Owen Flanagan demonstrates that there is common ground, and that we need not give up our ideas of moral responsibility and personal freedom in order to have an empirically sound view of the human mind. This is a profoundly relevant work of philosophy for the common reader.

Author : Richard C. Dales
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004247192

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The Problem of the Rational Soul in the Thirteenth Century by Richard C. Dales Pdf

This study of the interaction of the Aristotelian and Augustinian views of the soul traces the disarray of Latin concepts by 1240, the solutions of Bonaventure and Aquinas, the monopsychism controversy, and the variety of reactions to Aquinas's De unitate intellectus.

Author : George Makari
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780393248692

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Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind by George Makari Pdf

A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind. Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept—the mind—emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither. In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian George Makari shows how writers, philosophers, physicians, and anatomists worked to construct notions of the mind as not an ethereal thing, but a natural one. From the ascent of Oliver Cromwell to the fall of Napoleon, seminal thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant worked alongside often-forgotten brain specialists, physiologists, and alienists in the hopes of mapping the inner world. Conducted in a cauldron of political turmoil, these frequently shocking, always embattled efforts would give rise to psychiatry, mind sciences such as phrenology, and radically new visions of the self. Further, they would be crucial to the establishment of secular ethics and political liberalism. Boldly original, wide-ranging, and brilliantly synthetic, Soul Machine gives us a masterful, new account of the making of the modern Western mind.

Author : Anton Charles Pegis
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0888444060

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St. Thomas and the Problem of the Soul in the Thirteenth Century by Anton Charles Pegis Pdf

Author : Erwin Raphael McManus
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418570477

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Soul Cravings by Erwin Raphael McManus Pdf

The search of your life is the search for your life. What you are holding right now is an exploration of the human spirit; a journey into our deepest longings, our desires, our needs, our cravings, our souls. Our need for intimacy, meaning, and destiny point to the existence of God and our need to connect with Him. This book will deeply stir you to consider and chase after the spiritual implications of your souls' deepest longings.

Author : Stewart Goetz,Charles Taliaferro
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444395921

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A Brief History of the Soul by Stewart Goetz,Charles Taliaferro Pdf

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

Author : Andrew Wommack
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606830376

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Spirit, Soul, and Body by Andrew Wommack Pdf

Have you ever asked yourself what changed when you were "born again?" You look in the mirror and see the same reflection - your body hasn't changed. You find yourself acting the same and yielding to those same old temptations - that didn't seem to change either. So you wonder, Has anything really changed? The correct answer to that question is foundational for receiving from God. If you lack this basic understanding, you'll forever ask yourself doubt-filled questions like: "How could God love somebody like me?" and "How can I possibly expect to receive anything from the Lord? I don't deserve it, I'm not good enough!" Spirit, Soul, and Body will help you eliminate those and other doubt-filled questions that destroy your faith. If you have trouble receiving from God, this is a must-read!

Author : Rachel Barney,Tad Brennan,Charles Brittain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521899666

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Plato and the Divided Self by Rachel Barney,Tad Brennan,Charles Brittain Pdf

Investigates Plato's account of the tripartite soul, looking at how the theory evolved over the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus.

Author : David N. McNeill
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCSD:31822036432821

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An Image of the Soul in Speech by David N. McNeill Pdf

Investigates what Nietzsche called the "problem of Socrates," as that problem manifests itself in Plato's work. In particular, the book demonstrates how Socrates' own confrontation with this problem is the key to understanding the distinctively mimetic, dialogic, and reflexive character of Socratic philosophy.

Author : Mark C. Baker,Stewart Goetz
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441152244

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The Soul Hypothesis by Mark C. Baker,Stewart Goetz Pdf

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Author : Alice Anne LaTrobe-Bateman Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Human behavior
ISBN : OCLC:1036871119

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The Soul and Its Mechanism by Alice Anne LaTrobe-Bateman Bailey Pdf

Author : J. P. Moreland
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802489845

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The Soul by J. P. Moreland Pdf

In a culture in which science is believed to hold the answers to every question, spiritual realities like the soul are often ignored or ridiculed. We are told that neuroscience holds the key to explaining every aspect of human behavior. Yet Christian philosopher J. P. Moreland argues that Scripture, sound philosophical reasoning, and everyday experience all point to the reality of an immaterial soul. Countering the arguments of both naturalists and Christian scholars who embrace a material-only view of humanity, Moreland demonstrates why it is both biblical and reasonable to believe humans are essentially spiritual beings. He also describes the various components of the soul and how Christians can nurture their souls as disciples of Christ. Moreland shows that neuroscience and the soul are not competing explanations of human activity, but that both coexist and influence one another.

Author : Thomas Moore
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0060922249

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Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore Pdf

This New York Times bestseller (more than 200,000 hardcover copies sold) provides a path-breaking lifestyle handbook that shows how to add spirituality, depth, and meaning to modern-day life by nurturing the soul.

Author : Nicholas Humphrey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691156378

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Soul Dust by Nicholas Humphrey Pdf

A radically new view of the nature and purpose of consciousness How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights up the world for us and makes us feel special and transcendent. Thus consciousness paves the way for spirituality, and allows us, as human beings, to reap the rewards, and anxieties, of living in what Humphrey calls the "soul niche." Tightly argued, intellectually gripping, and a joy to read, Soul Dust provides answers to the deepest questions. It shows how the problem of consciousness merges with questions that obsess us all—how life should be lived and the fear of death. Resting firmly on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and drawing a wealth of insights from philosophy and literature, Soul Dust is an uncompromising yet life-affirming work—one that never loses sight of the majesty and wonder of consciousness.

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:49015002793470

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Aristotle's On the Soul by Aristotle Pdf

In this timeless and profound inquiry, Aristotle presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from body. On the Soul also includes Aristotle's idiosyncratic and influential account of light and colors. On Memory and Recollection continues the investigation of some of the topics introduced in On the Soul. Sachs's fresh and jargon-free approach to the translation of Aristotle, his lively and insightful introduction, and his notes and glossaries, all bring out the continuing relevance of Aristotle's thought to biological and philosophical questions.