{"product_id":"the-substance-of-consciousness-9781394195480","title":"The Substance of Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA singularly powerful and rigorous argument in favor of modern substance dualism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. Multidisciplinary in scope, the book explores areas of philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, and the sociology of mind-body beliefs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors present the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and rigorous non-edited 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. Alongside developing new and updated positive arguments for substance dualism, they also discuss key metaphysical notions and distinctions that inform the examination of substance dualism and its alterna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though most materialists don't know it, we're in the midst of a renaissance of intellectually serious substance dualism thirty years in the making. \u003ci\u003eThe Substance of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e will push the crest of that dualist wave even higher. Materialists who hope to resist have our work cut out for us.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Bailey, Yale-NUS College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rickabaugh and Moreland have produced a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e in this brilliant, systematic case for contemporary forms of substance dualism. It is a treasure trove of arguments, objections, and replies that should be required reading in philosophy of mind today, challenging the current, ingrained prejudice against dualism.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharles Taliaferro, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, St. Olaf College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moreland and Rickabaugh have written the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and sophisticated defense of substance dualism available. They successfully tackle every anti-dualist argument in the literature, demonstrating both the variety of options available to dualists and the fruitfulness of the dualist framework for future scientific and philosophical research. Especially impressive is their e creative use of neo-Aristotelian, scholastic, and 19th-century sources (Brentano, Husserl) to develop an attractive synthesis of dualism with hylomorphism. They bring to philosophy of mind theoretical resources, including the metaphysics of mereology, that is tragically absent in today's debates.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobert C. Koons, University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a stunning book. Rickabaugh and Moreland marshal a formidable phalanx of arguments for substance dualism as an account of consciousness and various aspects of the soul\/mind and body relation. They provide persuasive answers to every common objection showing that contemporary Substance Dualism is philosophically superior and consistent with the latest cognitive science. No reasonable physicalists can ignore this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eC. Stephen Evans, Emeritus University Professor, Baylor University and Professorial Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moreland and Rickabaugh's monograph is a first-rate treatment of the most important issues concerning the existence and nature of consciousness and the soul. I highly recommend it!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStewart Goetz, Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion, Ursinus College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e on the topic of consciousness. Rickabaugh and Moreland offer a depth of analysis that interacts with the latest and best work on this topic in recent years.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJoshua Rasmussen, Azusa Pacific University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Can we explain the unity of consciousness, or our continuity over time, without the postulation of a simple, immaterial entity as the seat of human consciousness? Materialists and panpsychists hope we can, but \u003ci\u003eThe Substance of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e raises powerful challenges to all of these attempts to explain the human mind 'on the cheap.' Anyone working on the philosophy of consciousness needs to confront these arguments and work out how to respond. It's not easy!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePhilip Goff, Durham University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Ontologically Serious Philosophy of Mind 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Substance Dualism in the 21st Century 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How Staunch Naturalism Shapes the Dialectic in Philosophy of Mind 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Brief Ontological Detour: Subjects, Parts, Wholes, and Unity 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Arguments from Introspection, Self-Awareness, and Intentionality 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Real Nature of Introspection Arguments for Substance Dualism 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 From Self-Awareness and Intentionality to the Self as Soul 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III On the Fundamental Unity of Conscious Beings 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 From Phenomenal Unity to the Synchronic Unity of the Immaterial Self 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mereological Essentialism and the Diachronic Endurance of the Soul 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Updated and Novel Arguments from Modality and Libertarian Freedom 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Upgrading Modal Arguments for Substance Dualism 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Staunch Libertarian Agency and the Simple, Enduring Soul 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V New and Neglected Responses to Common Defeaters Against Substance Dualism 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Important Frequently Raised Defeaters Against Substance Dualism 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Charting a Future for Substance Dualism 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 New Research Programs for 21st Century Substance Dualism 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX: The Soul, Mental Action, and the Conservation Laws 344\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMihretu P. Guta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 392\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407601312087,"sku":"9781394195480","price":28.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781394195480.jpg?v=1730499898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-substance-of-consciousness-9781394195480","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}