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A Brief History of the Soul
By: Stewart Goetz , Charles TaliaferroeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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This book is a clear and concise history of the soul in western philosophy, from Plato to cutting-edge contemporary work in philosophy of mind. Packed with arguments for and against a range of different, historically significant philosophies of the soul Addresses the essential issues, including mind-body interaction, the causal closure of the physical world, and the philosophical implications of the brain sciences for the soul's existence Includes coverage of theories from key figures, such as Plato, Aquinas, Locke, Hume, and Descartes Unique in combining the history of ideas and the development of a powerful case for a non-reductionist, non-materialist account of the soul
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| Title of Philosophy eBook: A Brief History of the Soul | |
| Release Date: 05-18-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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A Brief History of the Soul
Chapter One
The Soul in Greek Thought
In this chapter our focus is on the two best known figures of ancient Greek philosophy: Plato (428/7–348/7 BCE) and Aristotle (384–322 BCE). There are other major philosophers in Greek thought, both before Plato and after Aristotle, and some of them hold a place of honor in the development of great future ideas, such as the hypothesis that the material world is made up of atoms, or the thesis that life evolved; but Plato and Aristotle are the most important ones in shaping the history of the soul.
Plato
Before diving into Plato's view of the soul, three important points need to be observed. First, because the central figure in Plato's dialogues is the philosopher Socrates, the question about which views are Socrates' and which are Plato's is not easy to answer, if it is answerable at all. For the sake of brevity and clarity of presentation, we will not enter the debate about this matter and we will not distinguish between Socrates' and Plato's thought. We will simply assume that Socrates' philosophical views about the soul are Plato's.
Second, we stress that Plato's treatment of the soul is philosophical in nature. It is necessary to emphasize this point because it is not uncommon in certain circles (e.g. theological; see Chapter 2) to find assertions to the effect that Plato invented the idea of the soul and, therefore, that the concept of the soul is a Greek idea. Nothing could be further removed from the truth. Belief in the existence of the soul is, as we pointed out in the Introduction, commonsensical in it
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