The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations into the Existence of the Soul

This is a collection of philosophical essays that deal with the idea of anti-materialism, that dualism is a proper way for philosophers to look at the world, that indeed there is a soul, and this explains things better. I got onto this book because one of the editors, Mark Baker, wrote an excellent book, the Atoms of Lanugage, which descibes the grammatical diversity of the world's languages. The essays in many cases are technical and deep, and the book is not easy going. The authors mostly reject the strict dualism of Descartes, but feel we need to get beyond the idea of materialism as the null hypothesis. Some homage is paid to Noam Chomsky, which I am not sure is necessary.