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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Themdi Owen Flanagan
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This was my first book by Flanagan, but it won't be my last. It was well written and quite interesting (until the final chapter, where it really ran out of steam). A solid 3.5 stars. Flanagan wrote a well thought out book on the topic of cartesian dualism vs naturalism (i.e. that mind is the brain), exploring concepts like the soul along the way. His stated goal is to reconcile the "manifest image" with the "scientific image". A noble goal. Too bad he doesn't deliver the punch at the end. After a pleasant dive through the various aspects of the topic, he tapers off. Still worth the time to read. Some really good ideas and some metaphors that I find myself using daily. ( ) After finishing their study health science in Maastricht two students, Marloes de Jong and Marieke Marinus expressed their thanks to my guidance through adding this book to my library. I read it within a month on a rainy morning(2004). Much that Owen Flanagan writes was familiar to me from my psychology study (1968-1974) and later reading. The subjects theoretical psychology and philosophy are recognized in this book. Very interesting was the autobiographical part (227-235). The story (memory) about the friend from his youth in Puerto Rico was amusing. (247-248) Flanagan had contacts with Skinner; gave APA-lectures in 1978. The pages 321-364 "bibliographic essay" makes this boor a key-publication on this edge between psychology and philosophy. I never imagined that this book would become so popular (see the number in L.th). nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"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. 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 are constantly undergoing change, how can our identities be constant?" "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. With 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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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