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12Speaking for the Dead: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine: D G Jones. Ashgate, 2000, pound50, pp 304. ISBN 1754620735 (review)Journal of Medical Ethics 28 (1): 57-2. 2002.This book is well-timed. Jones has produced a broad-ranging work focused on a novel subject: the cadaver. In this year alone, high-profile media issues have included the non-consensual storage of postmortem examination tissues at Alder Hey; the trial of Dr Heinrich Gross, for killing and storing the brains of children in Austria in the second world war; debate about the medical uses of fetal tissues, and the repatriation and reburial of indigenous remains from museums. Speaking for the Dead is u…Read more
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56Souls do not live by cognitive inclinations alone, but by the desire to exist beyond death as wellBehavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (5): 474-475. 2006.Bering's analysis is inadequate because it fails to consider past and present adult soul beliefs and the psychological functions they serve. We suggest that a valid folk psychology of souls must consider features of adult soul beliefs, the unique problem engendered by awareness of death, and terror management findings, in addition to cognitive inclinations toward dualistic and teleological thinking.
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |