{"product_id":"athanatism-consciousness-and-immortality-under-a-skeptics-microscope-paperback","title":"Athanatism: Consciousness and Immortality Under a Skeptic's Microscope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnst Haeckel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoseph McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI find it quite remarkable that an evolutionary zoologist working in the latter part of the 19th century could be so prescient about the utility of studying consciousness from a purely physicalist perspective. While Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was readily aware that many of his colleagues held dualistic views on the nature of self-awareness (a soul apart from the body), he saw more clearly than most that such supernatural conjecturing was both unnecessary and non-progressive. By focusing our attention on the sensible world, and in particular the brain, we can develop a much deeper and richer understanding of how and why consciousness must have emerged in the first place. If, however, we adopt a purely spiritualist perspective, arguing that the \"soul\" is non-material, then we have basically put a halt to any scientific study of the very biochemistry that gives rise to varying degrees of consciousness. Haeckel points out that our own self-awareness is a natural phenomenon and not something part from the world we inhabit. As he so clearly states, \"We shall see that consciousness is simply a natural phenomenon like any other psychic quality, and that it is subject to the law of substance like all other natural phenomena.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731840307263,"sku":"9781435761575","price":13.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5b38fce18c0f4c3037998266b806cd93.webp?v=1765130310","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/athanatism-consciousness-and-immortality-under-a-skeptics-microscope-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}