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The Immaterial Self: A Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind
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The Immaterial Self: A Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind Paperback - 1996

by John Foster

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Dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain. It holds that there exists two very different realms, one mental and the other physical. Both are fundamental and one cannot be reduced to the other - there are minds and there is a physical world. This book examines and defends the most famous dualist account of the mind, the cartesian, which attributes the immaterial contents of the mind to an immaterial self.

John Foster's new book exposes the inadequacies of the dominant materialist and reductionist accounts of the mind. In doing so he is in radical conflict with the current philosophical establishment. Ambitious and controversial, The Immaterial Self is the most powerful and effective defence of Cartesian dualism since Descartes' own

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Dualism is a doctrine about the mental and the physical realms and the relationship between them.

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  • Title The Immaterial Self: A Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind
  • Author John Foster
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 308
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London and New York
  • Date 1996-11-14
  • ISBN 9780415156332 / 0415156335
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.44 x 5.41 x 0.86 in (21.44 x 13.74 x 2.18 cm)
  • Ages 18 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 13
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.2

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