A brief history of the soul / Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro.

Author
Goetz, Stewart [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Description
228 p. ; 23 cm.

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    Series
    Brief histories of philosophy [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "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."--Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The soul in Greek thought
    • The soul in medieval Christian thought
    • The soul in continental thought
    • The soul in Locke, Butler, Reid, Hume, and Kant
    • The problem of soul-body causal interaction
    • The soul and contemporary science
    • Contemporary challenges to the soul
    • Thoughts on the future of the soul.
    ISBN
    • 9781405196338 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 1405196335 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781405196321 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1405196327 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2010043497
    OCLC
    671541114
    Other standard number
    • 40019393776
    • 40020271542
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