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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 Hardcover - 1991

by Foster, John

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  • Title The Immaterial Self : A Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind
  • Author Foster, John
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 308
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date 1991-09-05
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 41091315-75
  • ISBN 9780415029896 / 0415029899
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 5.78 x 1.05 in (22.00 x 14.68 x 2.67 cm)
  • Ages 18 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 13
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Library of Congress subjects Mind and body, Philosophy of mind
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90026357
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.2

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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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