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    More Than Matter?: What Humans Really Are
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    More Than Matter?: What Humans Really Are

    By Keith Ward

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    The question of what it is to be a human person is the biggest intellectual question of our day.' Keith Ward has taught philosophy and theology in British universities for the past 40 years, and he is now weighing in on a major intellectual battle: whether human persons are purely materialistic - nothing but matter - or whether there is another, deeply valuable part of us, which transcends our bodies in nature and moral worth: the soul. For centuries philosophers have debated the question, but the battle has taken the limelight through the works of the New Atheists. In this book Professor Ward guides the reader through a panoply of thinkers and traditions, arguing that there is more to humanity than bodies. In fact, he argues, there is more to the entire universe than the naked eye perceives. (And contrary to the New Atheist assertions, there are good philosophical arguments to back this up!)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLion Books
    Release dateNov 18, 2011
    ISBN9780745958583
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    Keith Ward

    Keith Ward is a fellow of the British Academy and Professional Research Fellow at Heythrop College, London. He was formerly Professor of Religion at King's College, London, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is also a well-known broadcaster and author of over twenty books, including More than Matter? and Is Religion Irrational?

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      Abandoning. Got to a part where he claims to have argued effectively for his position and I found myself asking, "huh? Where?" Not very good, he's not an effective explainer. I had lots of pencil notes commenting on where he makes claims that are just not backed up at all, and he hadn't referenced or noted the claims. This was my second Ward and there won't be a third."