Table
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Prologue |
ix |
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PART I |
SPIRITS |
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1 |
Soul and Spirit Stories |
3 |
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2 |
Science, Faith,
and Religion |
18 |
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3 |
Spiritual Categories |
33 |
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4 |
A Scientific Critique
of the Soul |
45 |
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5 |
The Origin of Spiritual
Beliefs |
63 |
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PART II |
HUMAN BEINGS |
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6 |
Not Quite Human, but
Not Quite Not |
83 |
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7 |
The Embryonic Soul |
98 |
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8 |
The Politics of Cloning |
125 |
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9 |
Counting Souls |
147 |
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10 |
Human-Animal
Combinations |
172 |
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PART III |
MOTHER NATURE |
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11 |
Metaphor and Reality |
191 |
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12 |
Darwin’s Unwanted
Explanation |
210 |
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13 |
Organic, All-Natural
Food |
222 |
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14 |
All-Natural Medicine |
237 |
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PART IV |
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BIOSPHERE |
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15 |
In the Service of
Humankind |
257 |
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16 |
The Battle for Mother
Nature’s Genes |
278 |
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17 |
Paradise Lost and Gained |
294 |
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PART V |
THE FINAL CHAPTER? |
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18 |
Culture, Religion, and
Ethics |
317 |
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19 |
Technology |
333 |
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Magic and the Future of
the Human Soul |
349 |
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Acknowledgments |
353 |
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Notes |
355 |
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Selected Bibliography |
407 |
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Index |
427 |
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