In The Emergent Self, William Hasker joins one of the most heated
debates in analytic philosophy, that over the nature of mind. His
provocative and clearly written book challenges physicalist views
of human mental functioning and advances the concept of mind as an
emergent individual.Hasker begins by mounting a compelling critique
of the dominant paradigm in philosophy of mind, showing that
contemporary forms of materialism are seriously deficient in
confronting crucial aspects of experience. He further holds that
popular attempts to explain the workings of mind in terms of
mechanistic physics cannot succeed. He then criticizes the two
versions of substance dualism most widely accepted today Cartesian
and Thomistic and presents his own theory of emergent dualism.
Unlike traditional substance dualisms, Hasker's theory recognizes
the critical role of the brain and nervous system for mental
processes. It also avoids the mechanistic reductionism
characteristic of recent materialism.Hasker concludes by addressing
the topic of survival following bodily death. After demonstrating
the failure of materialist views to offer a plausible and coherent
account of that possibility, he considers the implications of
emergentism for notions of resurrection and the afterlife."
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