{"product_id":"are-we-bodies-or-souls-richard-swinburne-9780198831495","title":"Are We Bodies or Souls?","description":"What are humans? What makes us who we are? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In \u003cem\u003eAre We Bodies or Souls?\u003c\/em\u003e Richard Swinburne comes to the defence of the soul and presents new philosophical arguments that are supported by modern neuroscience. When scientific advances enable neuroscientists to transplant a part of brain into a new body, he reasons, no matter how much we can find out about their brain activity or conscious experiences we will never know whether the resulting person is the same as before or somebody entirely new. Swinburne thus argues that we are immaterial souls sustained in existence by our brains. Sensations, thoughts, and intentions are conscious events in our souls that \u003cem\u003ecause\u003c\/em\u003e events in our brains. While scientists might discover some of the laws of nature that determine conscious events and brain events, each person's soul is an individual thing and this is what ultimately makes us who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Swinburne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198831498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198831495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Richard Swinburne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988091699455,"sku":"9780198831495","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a761667-af47-442d-b0ae-de117991fc97.jpg?v=1683292572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/are-we-bodies-or-souls-richard-swinburne-9780198831495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}