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

• Autore: Goetz Stewart
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 128.1; 128/.109
• Soggetto topico: Soul
• Persona (resp. second.): TaliaferroCharles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOUL; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1The Soul in Greek Thought; Chapter 2The Soul in MedievalChristian Thought; Chapter 3The Soul in Continental Thought; Chapter 4The Soul in Locke, Butler,Reid, Hume, and Kant; Chapter 5The Problem of Soul-BodyCausal Interaction; Chapter 6The Soul andContemporary Science; Chapter 7Contemporary Challengesto the Soul; Chapter 8Thoughts on the Futureof the Soul; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 soulAddresses 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 DescartesUnique in combining the h
• Titolo autorizzato: A brief history of the soul
• ISBN: 1-4443-9592-0; 1-283-40835-X; 9786613408358; 1-4443-9593-9; 1-4443-9591-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910831199003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Brief histories of philosophy.