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008			101006s2011 miu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2010042053
020			_a9781587432729 (pbk.)
020			_a1587432722 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)662401676
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050	0	0	_aBT702 _b.D53 2011
082	0	0	_a233/.5 _222
100	1		_aDickerson, Matthew T., _d1963-
245	1	4	_aThe mind and the machine : _bwhat it means to be human and why it matters / _cMatthew Dickerson.
260			_aGrand Rapids, MI : _bBrazos Press, _cc2011.
300			_axxvi, 230 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aGhosts, machines, and the nature of light -- Physicalism, creativity, and heroism -- Naturalism and nature : the ecology of physicalism -- Reason, science, and the mind as a physical brain -- Affirming the creative and the heroic -- Body, spirit, and the value of creation -- A biblical defense of reason and science -- The integrated person.
520	8		_a"What does it mean to be human? Some naturalists believe that the human mind can be reduced to brain biology, suggesting that we are no more than complex biochemical machines. Computer scientist Matthew Dickerson critiques a physicalist/naturalist view of human persons and defends theistic accounts of human nature. He responds to the widespread assertion that human consciousness is nothing more than "software" that can one day be downloaded into supercomputers. Drawing on C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, Dickerson gets at the heart of human nature itself, highlighting a far richer vision of personhood, creativity, and love. This thought-provoking book on a timely topic will appeal to those interested in science and religion, philosophy, and technology; readers of the materialist New Atheists; and anyone who simply cares what it means to be human" -- Publisher description.
650		0	_aTheological anthropology _xChristianity.
650		0	_aMind and body.
650		0	_aSpirit.
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBT 702 _i.D53 2011
999			_c15495 _d15495