Physical, The Natural and The SupernaturalDefends a unified conception of human nature and a view of what is natural that can cover both the physical and the psychological worlds. |
Contents
Introduction | |
The Golden Age | 6 |
The New Cratylus | 12 |
The Origins of the MindBody Problem | 31 |
Mental States and Physicalism | 51 |
Of Our Own Free Will | 73 |
Biblical Concepts of the Supernatural | 101 |
Philosophy and the Supernatural | 117 |
The Trinity and the Tripartite Soul | 139 |
Religious Truth | 156 |
Notes | 180 |
Index | 183 |
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