Publisher Description
In The Substance of Consciousness, two distinguished philosophers deliver a unique and powerful defense of contemporary substance dualism, which makes the claim that the human person is an embodied fundamental, immaterial, and unifying substance.
The authors present the most comprehensive, up-to-date work on substance dualism in the field, as well as a detailed history of how property and substance dualism have been presented and evaluated over the last 150 years. Listeners will also find:
● A thorough examination of the recent shift away from standard physicalism and the renaissance of substance dualism
● Comprehensive explorations of the likely future of substance dualism in the twenty-first century
● Practical discussion of new and rigorous critiques of significant physicality alternatives
● Extensive treatments of philosophy of mind debates about the roles played by staunch/faint-hearted naturalism and theism in establishing or presuming methodology, epistemic priorities, and prior metaphysical commitments
The Substance of Consciousness will earn a place in the libraries of consciousness researchers, philosophical theologians, and religious studies scholars.
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About the Authors
J. P. Moreland is one of the
leading Evangelical thinkers of our day. He is the distinguished professor of
philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and director of Eidos Christian Center.
With degrees in philosophy, theology, and chemistry, he has taught theology and
philosophy at several schools throughout the United States. He has authored or
coauthored many books, including
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, Christianity and the Nature of Science, Scaling the Secular City, Does
God Exist?, The Lost Virtue of
Happiness, and Body and Soul. He
is coeditor of Jesus Under Fire: Modern
Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus and his work appears in many
publications, such as Christianity Today.
He served with Campus Crusade for ten years, planted two Campus Crusade works and
two churches, and has spoken on more than two hundred college campuses and in
hundreds of churches.
About Stephen R. Thorne
Stephen R. Thorne, winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, is a professional actor and member of the resident acting company at Providence’s esteemed Trinity Repertory Company, where he has played Hamlet, Henry V, and Tom Joad.