Stewart Goetz is Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College. He has written extensively on the philosophy of mind and action theory and his books include Freedom, Teleology, and Evil (2008), Naturalism (with Charles Taliaferro, 2008), and The Soul Hypothesis (edited with Mark Baker, 2011). Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College. He is on the editorial board of the American Philosophical Quarterly, Religious Studies, Sophia, and Philosophy Compass. His books include Consciousness and the Mind of God (1994, 2004), Naturalism (with Stewart Goetz, 2008), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition (edited with Paul Draper, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and The Image in Mind (with Jil Evans, 2010).

Acknowledgements. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 The Soul in Greek Thought. 2 The Soul in Medieval Christian Thought. 3 The Soul in Continental Thought. 4 The Soul in Locke, Butler, Reid, Hume, and Kant. 5 The Problem of Soul-Body Causal Interaction. 6 The Soul and Contemporary Science. 7 Contemporary Challenges to the Soul. 8 Thoughts on the Future of the Soul. Bibliography. Index.