In defense of the soul
Subtitle: what it means to be human
By: Ric Machuga
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781587430299
Subjects: Mensch; Philosophical anthropology; Thomists; Tiere; Seele
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-204).
Table of contents: title: Humans as rational animals: why Aristotle still matters; title: Getting it right from the start: form, shape, and the nature of things; title: Dividing nature at its joints: the difference between plants, animals, and humans; title: Objective differences in perspective: form versus shape; title: The hows of science and the whys of philosophy: why final causes are still necessary; title: How Aristotelians think about what they know: perceiving versus conceiving; title: The challenge of evolutionary biology: why Aristotelians don't fear Darwin; title: The challenge of artificial intelligence: calling the materialist's bluff; title: The inadequacy of materialism: no soul, no words; title: The bogy of mechanism: why our actions will always be unpredictable; title: Freedom and rationality: can't have one without the other.