TY  - BOOK
AU  - Machuga,Ric
TI  - In defense of the soul: what it means to be human 
SN  - 1587430290
AV  - BD450 .M2416 2002
U1  - ARCH YNDC 128 M151D 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Brazos Press
KW  - Philosophical anthropology
KW  - Thomists
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204); Humans as rational animals: why Aristotle still matters -- Getting it right from the start: form, shape, and the nature of things -- Dividing nature at its joints: the difference between plants, animals, and humans -- Objective differences in perspective: form versus shape -- The hows of science and the whys of philosophy: why final causes are still necessary -- How Aristotelians think about what they know: perceiving versus conceiving -- The challenge of evolutionary biology: why Aristotelians don't fear Darwin -- The challenge of artificial intelligence: calling the materialist's bluff -- The inadequacy of materialism: no soul, no words -- The bogy of mechanism: why our actions will always be unpredictable -- Freedom and rationality: can't have one without the other
ER  -