{"product_id":"the-emergent-self-paperback-softback-9780801487606","title":"The Emergent Self (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801487606","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Emergent Self\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Hasker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801487606\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Emergent Self\u003c\/i\u003e is valuable not least because it runs so thoroughly against the grain of contemporary philosophy of mind and metaphysics... It will be interesting to see how the internalist Kantians he discusses in this book—Henry Allison, Marcia Baron, David Cummiskey, Barbara Herman, Thomas Hill, Christine Korsgaard, and Onora O'Neill—respond to his challenging arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e (Philosophy and Phenomenological Research) \u003cp\u003eHasker presents an engaging and carefully argued account of why most contemporary forms of materialism and dualism fail to explain mind and self. This is the kind of wide-ranging and careful study that deserves a symposium! Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Emergent Self\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. WHAT CAN'T BE ELIMINATED\u003cbr\u003e Eliminative Materialism\u003cbr\u003e The Self-Refutation Argument\u003cbr\u003e Does the Self-Refutation Argument Beg the Question?\u003cbr\u003e Is Eliminative Materialism Self-Refuting?\u003cbr\u003e Do the Contradictions Matter?\u003cbr\u003e Austere Eliminativism and Cognitive Paralysis\u003cbr\u003e Eliminative Materialism: A Diagnosis2. THE LIMITS OF IDENTITY\u003cbr\u003e Quasi-Eliminativist Strategies: Analytic Behaviorism and Functionalism\u003cbr\u003e Mind-Body Identity Theories\u003cbr\u003e The Supervenience of Mind on Body3. WHY THE PHYSICAL ISN'T CLOSED\u003cbr\u003e Supervenience, Causal Closure, and Mechanism\u003cbr\u003e The Argument from Reason\u003cbr\u003e Mechanism and Datwinist Epistemology4. FREE WILL AND AGENCY\u003cbr\u003e Libertarian Free Will\u003cbr\u003e The Frankfurt Counterexamples\u003cbr\u003e Free Will Without an Agent\u003cbr\u003e Agent Causation5. THREE ARGUMENTS FOR SUBSTANCE DUALISM\u003cbr\u003e Descartes according to Swinburne\u003cbr\u003e Descartes according to Taliaferro\u003cbr\u003e The Unity-of-Consciousness Argument6. PROBLEMATIC DUALISMS\u003cbr\u003e Cartesian Dualism\u003cbr\u003e Objections to Cartesian Dualism\u003cbr\u003e The Swinburne Variations\u003cbr\u003e Thomistic Dualism\u003cbr\u003e Critique of Thomistic Dualism7. EMERGENT DUALISM\u003cbr\u003e Concepts of Emergence\u003cbr\u003e Two Recent Emergentists\u003cbr\u003e Emergent Dualism\u003cbr\u003e Further Problems8. PROSPECTS FOR SURVIVAL\u003cbr\u003e Traditional Dualism and Survival\u003cbr\u003e Materialism and Survival: Re-creation\u003cbr\u003e Materialism and Survival: Body-Switching and Body-Splitting\u003cbr\u003e Emergent Dualism and SurvivalINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523399020824,"sku":"9780801487606","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-emergent-self-paperback-softback-9780801487606","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}