Examining the concept of the soul / Leah Hawkins and Brent Bowers, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawkins, Leah, editor.

Bowers, Brent, editor.

Series:

World philosophy series.

World Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

In this compilation, the authors begin by discussing the various theories on primitive soul-beliefs propounded by anthropologists and scholars of religion from the 19th century to the present day. While cultural evolutionism largely fell out of favor after the mid-20th century, theories on the origins of religious phenomena have made a recent comeback with the cognitive study of religion, which takes a largely evolutionary psychological approach to explaining beliefs in the supernatural. Next, the authors seek to understand Aristotle's noetics within his psycho-physiological account of the human being. If it's possible to argue for the embodied nature of the soul and of most of its affections, Aristotle's claim about the separability of ? from the body is notoriously puzzling. Lastly, this book discusses Goethe's familiar idea of a widely inhabited universe and the subject of the soul's cosmic voyage, showing that Man's relation to the universe is strictly connected to Man's development at the microcosmic level. (Nova)

Contents:

The origins of soul-beliefs : a survey of theories from the 19th century to the present / Per-Johan Norelius

Aristotle on soul, mind, and body : a proposal for a solution to the hylomorphists' embarassment / Giulia Mingucci

"Was bin ich gegen das all?" : Goethe and man's relation to the cosmos / Gloria Colombo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-3395-7