{"product_id":"preserving-the-person-c-stephen-evans-9781573830263","title":"Preserving the Person: A Look at the Human Sciences","description":"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 ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Stephen Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573830267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573830263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regent College Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"C. Stephen Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124890136831,"sku":"9781573830263","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a9d3ef5-f026-4b9d-a0a2-b6321ae46fe2.jpg?v=1687439418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/preserving-the-person-c-stephen-evans-9781573830263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}