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Most people believe they possess an immaterial soul that will survive the death of the body. In sharp contrast, the current scientific consensus rejects the traditional soul, although this conclusion is rarely discussed publicly. In this book, a cognitive scientist breaks the taboo and explains why modern science leads to this controversial conclusion. In doing so, the book reveals the truly astonishing scope and power of scientific inquiry, drawing on ideas from biology, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the physical sciences.

Much more than chronicling the demise of the traditional soul, the book explores where soul beliefs come from, why they are so widespread culturally and historically, how cognitive science offers a naturalistic alternative to religious conceptions of mind, and how postulating the existence of a soul amounts to making a scientific claim.

Although the new scientific view of personhood departs radically from traditional religious conceptions, the author shows that a coherent, meaningful, and sensitive appreciation of what it means to be human remains intact. He argues that we do not lose anything by letting go of our soul beliefs and that we even have something to gain.

Throughout, the book takes a passionate stand for science and reason. It also offers a timely rejoinder to recent claims that science supports the existence of the soul and the afterlife.

What They Say About The Soul Fallacy

Richard Dawkins endorses The Soul Fallacy: https://richarddawkins.net/2015/03/a-new-book-on-the-nonexistence-of-the-soul/

Also from Richard Dawkins: https://richarddawkins.net/2015/01/its-time-to-abandon-the-irrational-concept-of-a-soul/

From Salon magazine: http://www.salon.com/2015/01/25/you_dont_have_a_soul_the_real_science_that_debunks_superstitious_charlatans/

From Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21971649-the-soul-fallacy

As expected, theologians are not very fond of The Soul Fallacy: http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/03/14534/

Purchase The Soul Fallacy

The Soul Fallacy is available from many book sellers, including  AbeBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon
From

Steven Pinker:


"The bestseller list is crowded with books­—some by naifs, others by charlatans—which announce that the existence of ghosts is a scientific fact ...." [Read more]
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Guy P. Harrison:


“More than 60 percent of Americans believe that immortal souls exist. Despite the absence of any credible evidence..."[Read more]
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Michael Shermer:


“In the Middle Ages almost everyone believed in the witch theory of causality: that women cavorting with demons cause disease, disasters, accidents..." [Read more]
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John Allen Paulos:


“A fascinating demonstration..." [Read more]
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Sean Carroll:


“The soul is hard to let go of..." [Read more]

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