Contemporary Challenges to the Soul

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In Stewart Goetz & Charles Taliaferro (eds.), A Brief History of the Soul. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 182–201 (2011)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Ghost in the Machine Objection The Private Language Argument Ockham's Razor and Identity Argument from Neural Dependence Arguments from Personal Identity Argument from Evolution.

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contemporary challenges to the soul   six groups of objections to the soul ‐ reflecting current materialist milieu   the ghost in the machine objection ‐ the belief that there is a ghost in the bodily machine   The Concept of the Mind, likening ‐ the Cartesian view of the soul–body relationship   Ryle, portraying that ‐ dualism, as fostering a radical bifurcation   “private language argument,” interpreted ‐ as a decisive blow against dualist view of soul   Wittgenstein, open to possibilities ‐ that our mental life, is irreducible to the physical   Ockham's razor and identity ‐ not to multiply entities beyond necessity   B. F. Skinner, and behaviorism ‐ enjoying popularity   neural dependence, and arguments ‐ mind–body interaction, of mental being dependent on the physical

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