The Human Person

by Steven J. Jensen
Catholic University of America Press, 2018
Paper: 978-0-8132-3152-5, eISBN: 978-0-8132-3153-2

ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Human Person presents a brief introduction to the human mind, the soul, immortality, and free will. While delving into the thought of Thomas Aquinas, it addresses contemporary topics, such as skepticism, mechanism, animal language research, and determinism. Steven J. Jensen probes the primal questions of human nature. Are human beings free or determined? Is the capacity to reason distinctive to human beings or do animals also have some share of reason? Have animals really been taught to use language?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
title page
copyright page
dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Sensation
3. Skepticism
4. Internal Senses
5. Τhe Emotions
6. Mechanism
7. Materialism and Dualism
8. Hylomorphism
9. The Problem of Universal Κnowledge
10. Reason
11. Immortality
12. Freedom
13. The Will
14. Free Decision
15. Purpose
Selected Bibliography
Index

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