Am I Just My Brain? (German)

Sharon Dirckx

Looking at the body, mind and soul to answer the question: What exactly is a human being?

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Modern research is uncovering more and more detail of what our brain is and how it works. We are living, thinking creatures who carry around with us an amazing organic supercomputer in our heads.

But what is the relationship between our brains and our minds—and ultimately our sense of identity as a person? Are we more than machines? Is free-will an illusion? Do we have a soul?

Brain Imaging Scientist Sharon Dirckx lays out the current understanding of who we are from biologists, philosophers, theologians and psychologists, and points towards a bigger picture that suggests answers to the fundamental questions of our existence. Not just "What am I?", but "Who am I?"—and "Why am I?"

Read this book to gain valuable insight into what modern research is telling us about ourselves, or to give a sceptical friend to challenge the idea that we are merely material beings living in a material world.

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Contents

  • Introduction
    1. Am I just my brain?
    2. Is belief in the soul out of date?
    3. Are we just machines
    4. Are we more than machines?
    5. Is free will an illusion?
    6. Are we hard-wired to believe?
    7. Is religious experience just brain activity?
    8. Why can I think?

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Contributors Sharon Dirckx
ISBN 9783417241662
Format Hardback
First published March 2021
Dimensions 135mm x 215mm x 17mm
Weight 0.35 kg
Language German
Pages 160
Publisher SCM Press

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