{"product_id":"9781573830263","title":"Preserving The Person","description":"The human quest for self-understanding is ancient. It transcends the boundaries between ordinary folk and philosophers and it over-\u003cbr\u003e laps with many academic disciplines, including psychology, \u003cbr\u003esociology, philosophy and theology. Actually, the quest is not essentially academic; it is a human quest, pursued by persons in every age. With this in mind, philosopher C. Stephen Evans takes a look at the human sciences and their contribution to this self-understanding.\u003cp\u003eEvans first presents a basic problem in these sciences today: the attack on the concept of personhood. He reviews the contemporary understanding of mind and brain: Is a person only a thinking machine or a programmed organism? Then he evaluates the impact of Auguste Comte, Sigmund Freud, J.B. Watson, B.F. Skinner and Emile Durkheim on what Evans terms ?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regent College Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049663676656,"sku":"9781573830263","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781573830263_p0.jpg?v=1763791268","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781573830263","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}