{"product_id":"are-we-bodies-or-souls-c-hardcover","title":"Are We Bodies or Souls? C - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSwinburne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are humans? What makes us who we are? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In \u003cem\u003eAre We Bodies or Souls?\u003c\/em\u003e Richard Swinburne comes to the defence of the soul and presents new philosophical arguments that are supported by modern neuroscience. When scientific advances enable neuroscientists to transplant a part of brain into a new body, he reasons, no matter how much we can find out about their brain activity or conscious experiences we will never know whether the resulting person is the same as before or somebody entirely new. Swinburne thus argues that we are immaterial souls sustained in existence by our brains. Sensations, thoughts, and intentions are conscious events in our souls that \u003cem\u003ecause\u003c\/em\u003e events in our brains. While scientists might discover some of the laws of nature that determine conscious events and brain events, each person's soul is an individual thing and this is what ultimately makes us who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Swinburne\u003c\/strong\u003e was Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford from 1985 until 2002. Since then he has continued to lecture in many different countries. His published works include a trilogy on the philosophy of theism, the central title being \u003cem\u003eThe Existence of God\u003c\/em\u003e, Second Edition (Oxford 2004), a tetralology of books on the meaning and justification of central Christian doctrines, and \u003cem\u003eMind, Brain, and Free Will\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford 2013). He is a Fellow of the British Academy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454570741938,"sku":"9780198831495","price":28.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2ee36f3d727f26d9b44105ccbc165a60.webp?v=1778854668","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/are-we-bodies-or-souls-c-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}