{"product_id":"lost-souls-the-philosophic-origins-of-a-cultural-dilemma-9780791457566","title":"Lost Souls: The Philosophic Origins of a Cultural Dilemma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraces the history of mind-body dualism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost Souls examines the origins and consequences of the philosophic idea that mind and body are distinct. The author traces mind-body dualism from Plato, Plotinus, Augustine, and Proclus through Descartes and Kant to Nietzsche, Heidegger, Carnap, and Quine. Mind's separation from body has dominated philosophic thinking for millennia, yet most mental activities are now explained in physical terms. What are the implications if mind is material and mortal? Considering both philosophic and scientific ideas about mind, David Weissman explores our options. Rejecting the claim that the character and existence of other things are an effect of the ways we think about or perceive them, he reexamines such topics as meaning and truth, human significance, self, and society. He argues that philosophers have the rare opportunity to renew inquiry by invoking the questions that once directed them: What are we? What is our place in the world? What concerns are appropriate to being here?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Weissman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.18w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791457566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Weissman \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York and the author of several books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Social Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45371905179763,"sku":"9780791457566","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_39506456-9703-4788-ab6d-69da7fc27853.jpg?v=1787052373","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/lost-souls-the-philosophic-origins-of-a-cultural-dilemma-9780791457566","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}