What do we mean when we speak about the soul? What are the arguments for the existence of the soul as distinct from the physical body? Do animals have souls? What is the difference between the mind and the soul? This book features experts from philosophy, linguistics and science to discuss the validity of these questions.

Introduction /Afterword / Mark C. Baker, Stewart Goetz. The Soul of the Matter -- Minds, Brains, and Brains in Vats -- Brains and Souls; Grammar and Speaking -- Making Things Happen: Souls in Action -- The Energy of the Soul -- The Measure of All Things: Quantum Mechanics and the Soul -- From Experience to Experiencer -- Souls Beastly and Human -- A Scientific Case for the Soul.