Death of the soul : from Descartes to the computer

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Death of the soul : from Descartes to the computer

William Barrett

(Oxford paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1987, c1986

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Includes index

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ISBN 9780192177582

Description

The thoughts of the major Western philosophers on the soul, death, and consciousness; a lucid account of the (diminishing) place of the spirit in philosophical thought from Descartes to the present.
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:pbk ISBN 9780192830593

Description

The author examines the diminishing place of the spirit in philosophical thought from Descartes to the present day, and demonstrates that the ever more pervasive influence of scientific materialism seriously compromises our ability to form an adequate idea of the conscious mind.

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  • NCID
    BA0131488X
  • ISBN
    • 0192177583
    • 0192830597
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 173 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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