| Reviews |
| Review(s) from previous edition:
- 'Psyche and Soma is an important resource for scholars in the history of science, medicine and philosophy and will stimulate discussion of these issues for many years to come.' - Martin Stone, Religious Studies, Vol.36
- 'timely and important' - Martin Stone, Religious Studies, Vol. 36
- 'This thoughtfully constructed collection of essays is devoted to medical approaches to the mind-body problem over 2500 years ... is well worth reading for its accessible synopsis of a complcated historical narrative. The gradual disentanglement of the above questions is one of its more fascinating themes' - Mohan Matthen, The Lancet
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| Description | | - A ground-breaking work on mind and body
- Genuinely interdisciplinary, bringing together history, philosophy, medicine, psychology, theology, classics
- Spans more than 2000 years of history
- Specially written by eminent contributors from the US, Canada, and Europe
| | Psyche and Soma
is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the conceptions of the human soul or mind and body, through the course of more than two thousand years of Western history. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recogized expert, discuss figures such as the physicians Hippocrates, Galen, Stahl, and Cabanis; theologians St Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas; and
philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Leibniz, and La Mettrie. The chapters explore in chronlogical sequence the views of these writers on such questions as the soul's immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual and mental health. Psyche and Soma
will
be a key point of reference and a rich source of illumination in this central area of human inquiry.
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Readership: Philosophers, historians of science, historians of medicine, historians of ideas, classicists, theologians.
| Contents |
Introduction
1.
Soma and Psyche in Hippocratic Medicine
,
Beate Gundert
2.
The Defining Features of Mind-Body Dualism in the Writings of Plato
,
T. M. Robinson
3.
Aristotle's Psycho-physiological Account of the Soul-Body Relationship
,
Philip J. van der Eijk
4.
Body, Soul, and Nerves: Epicurus, Herophilus, Erasistratus, the Stoics, and Galen
,
Heinrich von Staden
5.
Body and Soul in Saint Paul
,
Theo K. Heckel
6.
Internalist Reasoning in Augustine for Mind-Body Dualism
,
Gareth Matthews
7.
Renaissance Theories of Body, Soul, and Mind
,
Emily Michael
8.
Descartes: Heart and Soul
,
Stephen Voss
9.
Bayle and Late Seventeen-Century Thought
,
Thomas M. Lennon
10.
Stahl, Leibniz, and the Territories of Soul and Body
,
Francois Duchesneau
11.
Substance versus Function Dualism in Eighteenth-Century Medicine
,
John P. Wright
12.
Psyche, Soma, and the Vitalist Philosophy of Medicine
,
Roselyne Rey
13.
Physique
and Moral
,
Francois Azouvi
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Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by John P. Wright, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Central Michigan University and
Paul Potter, Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario
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