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100 1 $aFlanagan, Owen J.
245 14 $aThe problem of the soul :$btwo visions of mind and how to reconcile them /$cOwen Flanagan.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c2002.
300 $axvi, 364 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tHuman Being --$g2.$tThe Human Image --$g3.$tMind --$g4.$tFree Will --$g5.$tPermanent Persons --$g6.$tNatural Selves --$g7.$tEthics as Human Ecology.
520 1 $a"Science has always created problems for traditional ways of seeing things, but now the problem has become acute. Traditional humanistic ideas about the basic nature of humanity are under attack as never before. The very attributes that make us human - free will, the permanence of personal identity, the existence of the soul - are undermined and threatened by the current revolution in the science of the mind.
520 8 $aIf 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 are constantly undergoing change, how can our identities be constant?".
520 8 $a"The Problem of the Soul shows the way out of these seemingly intractable 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 - renowned philosopher Owen Flanagan demonstrates that there is, in fact, 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.
520 8 $aWith implications ranging from the stem-cell debate and the teaching of evolution to everyday life, this is a profoundly relevant work of philosophy for the common reader."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPhilosophical anthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100845
650 0 $aPhilosophy of mind.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004340
650 0 $aNaturalism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090269
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