The Soul Fallacy

Author : Julien Musolino
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781616149635

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The Soul Fallacy by Julien Musolino Pdf

Most Americans believe they possess an immaterial soul that will survive the death of the body. In sharp contrast, the current scientific consensus rejects the traditional soul, although this conclusion is rarely discussed publicly. In this book, a cognitive scientist breaks the taboo and explains why modern science leads to this controversial conclusion. In doing so, the book reveals the truly astonishing scope and power of scientific inquiry, drawing on ideas from biology, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the physical sciences. Much more than chronicling the demise of the traditional soul, the book explores where soul beliefs come from, why they are so widespread culturally and historically, how cognitive science offers a naturalistic alternative to religious conceptions of mind, and how postulating the existence of a soul amounts to making a scientific claim. Although the new scientific view of personhood departs radically from traditional religious conceptions, the author shows that a coherent, meaningful, and sensitive appreciation of what it means to be human remains intact. He argues that we do not lose anything by letting go of our soul beliefs and that we even have something to gain. Throughout, the book takes a passionate stand for science and reason. It also offers a timely rejoinder to recent claims that science supports the existence of the soul and the afterlife.

Author : Dale Netherton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798723159204

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The Soul Fallacy by Dale Netherton Pdf

This book examines the idea of a soul and what it is and what it isn't. It covers what has been routinely accepted and what is consonant with reality. This book is written for those who want understanding rather than commiseration. The hope of the author is there are people who are not satisfied with relying on the imaginary.

Author : Robert McAfee Brown
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664250025

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Spirituality and Liberation by Robert McAfee Brown Pdf

Argues that there should not be a separation between spiritual and temporal concerns, looks at liberation theology, and discusses spirituality and sexuality

Author : Shannon Ethridge
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780849964695

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The Fantasy Fallacy by Shannon Ethridge Pdf

Claims that sexual fantasies stem from past psychological tragedies, and argues that Christians should tap into God's love to overcome the desire to act out sexual fantasies in order to heal from past trauma.

Author : Victor J. Stenger
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781616144449

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The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning by Victor J. Stenger Pdf

A number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life, as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of science and our naked senses not only show no evidence for God, they provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that God does not exist.

Author : Mark C. Baker,Stewart Goetz
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 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 : Lucy Tse
Publisher : Language and Literacy
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UVA:X004525038

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"Why Don't They Learn English" Separating Fact From Fallacy In the U.S. Language Debate by Lucy Tse Pdf

Challenges the notion that immigrants do not learn the English language while living in this country, arguing that while English is being learned more and more, individual native languages are being left behind.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465026302

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Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell Pdf

Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power-and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author's Basic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.

Author : Kazi Khurram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 152087670X

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The Dark Science of Logical Fallacies by Kazi Khurram Pdf

#1 BEST SELLER IN AMAZON'S LOGIC CATEGORY.Brewing deep within the soul of so many rapid risers is The Dark Science of Logical Fallacies; secret, seemingly innocent hypnotic phrases that titans of industry, cult leaders, politicians and big media players leverage to suck you dry of your money, your freedom and your power to choose. Ignore these, and you'll lose. Know them, and opponents weapons of mental destruction lose their power over you--so you can reclaim your freedom to think, see through any erroneous argument, turn the table and move even the most adept persuasion master into your corner--in Just 30 Minutes. In fact,24 fallacious arguments transform you into a wizard of debate with SUBTLE & OBVIOUS EXAMPLES &5 memory anchors that systematically reprogram you to pull these powers of persuasion from your war chest--precisely when you need them most. So you can quickly, easily and naturally...* Persuade your friend or family member to leave their cult or vote for your candidate...* Talk people into believing in things that don't exist...(don't worry, it's all in fun, you'll know how to talk them out of it!)* Convince your bartender to give you free refills...or that hottie to give you her number...* And use this covert hypnosis against your boss so they give you that fat raise and promotion you deserve...and think it was his idea!It doesn't matter if you want to win any argument, get revenge against mental warlocks or simply use this to get paid more, this masters guide to logical fallacies guarantees you the power to defend, defeat & conquer ...Don't wait. Start unleashing these 24 logical fallacies the next time you need to get what you want. Just click the Buy Now button and transform yourself today.

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781101200322

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The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker Pdf

A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Updated with a new afterword One of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense.

Author : Igor Grbić
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527518315

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The Occidentocentric Fallacy by Igor Grbić Pdf

What is literature? The question is difficult enough in itself. However, the West has made any hope of a proper answer literally untenable. It has provincialized literature into its own neighbourhood. This book brings together perspectives from both non-Western cultures and minority cultures within a supposed West (normally downsized to represent a part of Europe and the USA). Also considered, as parts of the problem, are various literature-related asymmetries such as global awards and translation. The prime concern of the book is awakening its readers to the fact that, incredibly but truly enough, literature in its total, all-human realization, is something yet to be discovered. It, thus, will especially appeal to literary scholars, making them conscious of the fact that their literary studies actually take into account only a fragment of literature, as well as university students of literature, in the hope it might prevent them from becoming heirs to their professors.

Author : James Hillman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780399180149

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The Soul's Code by James Hillman Pdf

“[An] acute and powerful vision . . . offers a renaissance of humane values.”—Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life Plato called it “daimon,” the Romans “genius,” the Christians “guardian angel”; today we use such terms as “heart,” “spirit,” and “soul.” While philosophers and psychologists from Plato to Jung have studied and debated the fundamental essence of our individuality, our modern culture refuses to accept that a unique soul guides each of us from birth, shaping the course of our lives. In this extraordinary bestseller, James Hillman presents a brilliant vision of our selves, and an exciting approach to the mystery at the center of every life that asks, “What is it, in my heart, that I must do, be, and have? And why?” Drawing on the biographies of figures such as Ella Fitzgerald and Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hillman argues that character is fate, that there is more to each individual than can be explained by genetics and environment. The result is a reasoned and powerful road map to understanding our true nature and discovering an eye-opening array of choices—from the way we raise our children to our career paths to our social and personal commitments to achieving excellence in our time. Praise for The Soul’s Code “Champions a glorious sort of rugged individualism that, with the help of an inner daimon (or guardian angel), can triumph against all odds.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] brilliant, absorbing work . . . Hillman dares us to believe that we are each meant to be here, that we are needed by the world around us.”—Publishers Weekly

Author : Wolfgang Giegerich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1003041450

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The Soul Always Thinks by Wolfgang Giegerich Pdf

"C. G. Jung regarded the soul to be a reality in its own right which reflects itself in all manner of images and events. symbols and traditions. In this fourth volume of his Collected English Papers, Giegerich recalls the soul to the inwardness of its own home territory by bringing out the thought-character of the self-creating, self-unfolding logical life that it is. In addition to clarifying what thought means for psychology and analyzing certain misconceptions surrounding the topic of "soul and thought" a challenging thesis concerning the limitation of an imaginal, "anima-only" approach in psychology (given the essential historicity of the soul) is carefully argued, while examining at the same time such topics as "the end of meaning and the birth of man," "anima mundi and time", "the metamorphosis of the gods," and the logical steps involved in the transition from childhood to adulthood and from a psychological oneness with nature to modern alienation from nature. The book also discusses the notion of the soul's logical life and shows in action the psychological procedure of "absolute-negative interiorization" of phenomena into their soul and truth in a number of in-depth examinations of particular phenomena (e.g. Heraclitus' dictum about the soul's depth, the "leap into the solid stone," the negativity of the "stone which is not a stone"). In thorough-going critical engagements with other authors in the field, it demonstrates specific instances where psychology fails to do its job due to faulty presuppositions, above all psychology's failure to face the modern world. It emphasizes the active role of the mind in soul-making as the making of psychic reality. It addresses the questions of the future of psychology and whether progress in psychology is possible. Wolfgang Giegerich is a Jungian analyst, now living in Berlin, and the author of numerous books, among them What Is Soul? and Neurosis: The Logic of a Metaphysical Illness. Giegerich's Collected English Papers include The Neurosis of Psychology (Vol. I). Technology and the Soul (Vol. 2), Soul-Violence (Vol. 3), The Soul Always Thinks (Vol. 4), The Flight into the Unconscious (Vol. 5), and Dreaming the Myth Onwards (Vol. 6) (all Routledge)"--

Author : Bryan Bunch
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486137933

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Mathematical Fallacies and Paradoxes by Bryan Bunch Pdf

Stimulating, thought-provoking analysis of the most interesting intellectual inconsistencies in mathematics, physics, and language, including being led astray by algebra (De Morgan's paradox). 1982 edition.

Author : Osho
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 8171827314

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A Cup of Tea by Osho Pdf