Description
What do we mean when we speak about the soul? What are the arguments for the existence of the soul as distinct from the physical body? Do animals have souls? What is the difference between the mind and the soul? The Soul Hypothesisbrings together experts from philosophy, linguistics and science to discuss the validity of these questions in the modern world.
They contend that there is an aspect of the nature of human beings that is not reducible to the matter that makes up our bodies. This perspective is part of a family of views traditionally classified in philosophy as substance dualism, and has something serious in common with the ubiquitous human belief in the soul.
The Soul Hypothesispresents views from a range of sciences and the resulting big picture shows, more clearly than could a single author with one area of expertise, that there is room for a soul hypothesis.
Author: Mark C. Baker
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 12/16/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.58w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9781441152244
ISBN10: 1441152245
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
- Philosophy | Religious
They contend that there is an aspect of the nature of human beings that is not reducible to the matter that makes up our bodies. This perspective is part of a family of views traditionally classified in philosophy as substance dualism, and has something serious in common with the ubiquitous human belief in the soul.
The Soul Hypothesispresents views from a range of sciences and the resulting big picture shows, more clearly than could a single author with one area of expertise, that there is room for a soul hypothesis.
Author: Mark C. Baker
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 12/16/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.58w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9781441152244
ISBN10: 1441152245
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
- Philosophy | Religious
About the Author
Mark C. Baker is Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University, USA. He is the author of five books, including The Atoms of Language (Basic, 2001) and The Syntax of Agreement and Concord (Cambridge, 2008). Stewart Goetz is Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, PA, USA. He is co-author with Charles Taliaferro of Naturalism (Eerdmans, 2008) and A Brief History of the Soul (Blackwell, 2011). He serves on the board of directors for Blackwell's Philosophy Compass.