Preserving the Person: A Look at the Human Sciences

by Evans, C. Stephen
ISBN: 9781573830263
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The human quest for self-understanding is ancient. It transcends the boundaries between ordinary folk and philosophers and it over- laps with many academic disciplines, including psychology, sociology, philosophy and theology. Actually, the quest is not essentially academic; it is a human quest, pursued by persons in every age. With this in mind, philosopher C. Stephen Evans takes a look at the human sciences and their contribution to this self-understanding. Evans first presents a basic problem in these sciences today: the attack on the concept of personhood. He reviews the contemporary understanding of mind and brain: Is a person only a thinking machine or a programmed organism? Then he evaluates the impact of Auguste Comte, Sigmund Freud, J.B. Watson, B.F. Skinner and Emile Durkheim on what Evans terms ?
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Evans, C. Stephen
  • ISBN: 9781573830263
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.60 x 0.47
  • Number Of Pages: 180
  • Publication Year: 1985
Language: English