In Search of the Soul (eBook)

A Philosophical Essay

John Cottingham (Autor)

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2020
192 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19758-6 (ISBN)

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How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters todayThe concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any relevance in today's scientifically and technologically dominated society? From Socrates and Augustine to Darwin and Freud, In Search of the Soul takes readers on a concise, accessible journey into the origins of the soul in Western philosophy and culture, and examines how the idea has developed throughout history to the present. Touching on literature, music, art, and theology, John Cottingham illustrates how, far from being redundant in contemporary times, the soul attunes us to the importance of meaning and value, and experience and growth. A better understanding of the soul might help all of us better understand what it is to be human.Cottingham delves into the evolution of our thoughts about the soul through landmark works-including those of Aristotle, Plato, and Descartes. He considers the nature of consciousness and subjective experience, and discusses the psychoanalytic view that large parts of the human psyche are hidden from direct conscious awareness. He also reflects on the mysterious and universal longing for transcendence that is an indelible part of our human makeup. Looking at the soul's many dimensions-historical, moral, psychological, and spiritual-Cottingham makes a case for how it exerts a powerful pull on all of us.In Search of the Soul is a testimony to how the soul remains a profoundly significant aspect of human flourishing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 1 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Absolute (philosophy) • Ambiguity • Analogy • Anthony O'Hear • Archetype • Aristotle • Atheism • Automaton • awareness • Cartesian automata • Cartesian Circle • Christine Korsgaard • conatus • Concept • Consciousness • Contrition • critical philosophy • Dante • deity • Democritus • discourse on the method • Disposition • Dualism (philosophy of mind) • Eleonore Stump • Emmanuel Levinas • ethics • Existence • existence of god • Explanation • Externalization • Faust • Feeling • Flourishing • Ghosts • God • Good and evil • human embodiment • Human fulfillment • Human nature • Immanence • Immaterial • immateriality • Immortality • Individuation • inference • intentionality • introspection • Karl Rahner • Kierkegaard • Leon Kass • lifeworld • Loss • Materialism • Meditations • Metaphysics • Methodology • mind and cosmos • Mortality • Naturalism • natural versus supernatural • Nicolas Malebranche • objective science • Objectivity • Objectivity (philosophy) • On the Soul • opacity of the soul • Panpsychism • panpsychist • Personal god • Peter Hacker • phenomenon • Philosopher • philosophical inquiry • Philosophy • Philosophy of mind • Philosophy of Religion • Physical law • Physical property • Platonic • Platonism • Practical reason • Princeton University Press • Principle • Psyche • Psyche (psychology) • psychic • psychic integration • Psychoanalysis • psychoanalytic theory • Qualia • Raymond Geuss • Reality • reason • reductionism • Religion • religious experience • Requirement • Roger Scruton • Routledge • Sarah Coakley • Science • Scientific Method • Scientist • self-fashioning • Sickness Unto Death • Sigmund Freud • skepticism • Søren Kierkegaard • Soul • soul-searching • Spirituality • Subjectivity • Suggestion • Summa Theologica • Superstition • Teleology • teleology and human destiny • the body • The Hungry Soul • Theism • Theology • theory • The Philosopher • the shrinking soul • Thomas Nagel • Thought • transcendent • trialism • T. S. Eliot • unconscious mind • Understanding • World View • Writing • yearning for God
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19758-X / 069119758X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19758-6 / 9780691197586