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Anima, mente, corpo e immortalità: La sfida del naturalismo
Soul, mind, body, and immortality: challenge of naturalism

Author(s): Vittorio Possenti
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: soul; mind; body; mortality; immortality; meterialism; naturalism

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the title problem of the soul, mind, body, and immortality, as well as their mutual relations, in seven parts (proceded by a general introduction): I. The anthropological issue and its difficulties; II. The path of materialism and naturalism; III. The soul, the mind, the body; IV. Thomas Aquinas and Descartes (and A.R. Damasio) on the soul; V. The Mind-Body Problem: an ambiguous question; VI. The mind and the brain; VII. The immortality of man. The article ends with extensive conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27-74
  • Page Count: 48
  • Language: Italian