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The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them

by Owen J. 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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If the mind is the brain, and therefore a physical object subject to deterministic laws, how can we have free will? This text seeks to answer this and similar problems by reconciling conflicting two visions of what a person is - one embedded in humanistic traditions, the other scientific.

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A reconciliation of two conflicting visions of what a person is--one embedded in our humanistic traditions, the other advanced by mind science--from one of the most influential philosophers of our time
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Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Duke University. The author of the classic Consciousness Reconsidered, he lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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ISBN:
9780465024612
Subtitle:
Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them
Author:
Flanagan, Owen J.
Author:
Flanagan, Owen
Publisher:
Basic Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Mind & Body
Subject:
Philosophy of mind
Subject:
Naturalism
Subject:
Philosophical anthropology
Subject:
Movements - Humanism
Subject:
General science
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
32
Publication Date:
August 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
7.94x6.32x1.01 in. .89 lbs.
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