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The Soul Fallacy - What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs (Paperback)
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The Soul Fallacy - What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs (Paperback)
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Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
You Save R58 (11%)
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Most Americans believe they possess an immaterial soul that will
survive the death of the body. In sharp contrast, the current
scientific consensus rejects the traditional soul, although this
conclusion is rarely discussed publicly. In this book, a cognitive
scientist breaks the taboo and explains why modern science leads to
this controversial conclusion. In doing so, the book reveals the
truly astonishing scope and power of scientific inquiry, drawing on
ideas from biology, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the
physical sciences.
Much more than chronicling the demise of the traditional soul, the
book explores where soul beliefs come from, why they are so
widespread culturally and historically, how cognitive science
offers a naturalistic alternative to religious conceptions of mind,
and how postulating the existence of a soul amounts to making a
scientific claim.
Although the new scientific view of personhood departs radically
from traditional religious conceptions, the author shows that a
coherent, meaningful, and sensitive appreciation of what it means
to be human remains intact. He argues that we do not lose anything
by letting go of our soul beliefs and that we even have something
to gain.
Throughout, the book takes a passionate stand for science and
reason. It also offers a timely rejoinder to recent claims that
science supports the existence of the soul and the afterlife.
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