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Soul machine : the invention of the modern mind /

A comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind recounts how crises in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to medical, literary and philosophical questions about the nature of human inner life. --Publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Makari, George (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind > History.
Reason > History.
Rationalism > History.
Civilization.
History.
Philosophy of mind.
Rationalism.
Reason.
Description
Summary:A comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind recounts how crises in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to medical, literary and philosophical questions about the nature of human inner life. --Publisher
Physical Description:xvi, 656 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393059656
0393059650