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A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thought in the intellectual context of its time. --Gary C. Hatfield.

This groundbreaking classic explores the necessity of connections between our life and soul and developing the main lines of the soul-making process.

Michael Gurian combines analysis of science with the study of spiritual texts to explore the divine side of childhood, and to put forth a practical design for the care of children's souls. Blending stories, common sense, and scientific observations that demonstrate what the soul is and how it works, this book urges its readers to become aware of children's divine inheritance, and learn how to nurture that divinity.

With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle and Robert Nozick, 'The Mind's I' explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting...

Ever since Descartes saw nature as a vast, interlocking machine and science banished the soul, philosophers have been uncomfortable with this materialistic outlook. Barrett (Irrational Man here looks at the way in which various thinkers have attempted to put the human soul or self in the forefront of their visions of reality. He discusses Leibniz's energized universe of monads, or individual souls, Hegel's blueprint for self-realization as part of...

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The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any relevance in today's scientifically and technologically dominated society? From Socrates and Augustine to Darwin and Freud, In Search of the Soul takes readers on a concise, accessible journey into the origins of the soul in Western philosophy and culture, and examines...

Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Gödel, Escher, Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. What do we mean when we say "I"? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? This book argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. Deep down, a...

The cognitive science of religion is a rapidly growing field whose practitioners apply insights from advances in cognitive science in order to provide a better understanding of religious impulses, beliefs, and behaviors. In this book Ilkka Pyysiainen shows how this methodology can profitably be used in the comparative study of beliefs about superhuman agents. He begins by developing a theoretical outline of the basic, modular architecture of the human...