What is the nature of human being? What is it that defines us at our core? Is it the soul? Well, what is the soul? Is it an immortal entity that is separate from our bodies? Or, is it likely that we simply are our bodies? The history of philosophy offers a fascinating range of perspectives on these questions (from Plato, to Aristotle, to Descartes, to Nietzsche, to Heidegger, to Foucault). What do the findings of contemporary cognitive scientists add to this long line of inquiry?
Christian Dean was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but has lived most of his life in Northern California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He joined the faculty at Dominican University of California in 1996, where he continues to teach courses in moral and political philosophy and law. His research focuses on contemporary understandings of ethics and moral development, especially in relation to Heideggerian phenomenology and recent developments in cognitive science.
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