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The Problem of the Soul

by Owen Flanagan
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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.
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Publisher: Basic Books

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  • Release date: August 5, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9780786725311
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  • ISBN: 9780786725311
  • File size: 1134 KB
  • Release date: August 5, 2008

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Philosophy Nonfiction

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English

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Lexile® Measure:1270
Text Difficulty:10-12

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.
Expand title description text
Philosophy Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Basic Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: August 5, 2008

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780786725311
    Release date: August 5, 2008

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780786725311
    File size: 1134 KB
    Release date: August 5, 2008

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 1270
    Text Difficulty: 10-12