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The title of this book indicates its main argument, namely that the brain is not equivalent to the person, either psychologically or philosophically. The author brings his Christianity into the centre of his argument, observing that the Old Testament view defines the person as matter and spirit fused together (thus eschewing the dualism of Eccles, even though he is quoted) and believing that we survive death to be resurrected in new bodies and brains - though nowhere does he specify how this might come about, relying as it does on 'the authority of inspired scripture'. The body of the book is a good and thorough analysis of brain, mind and self, covering issues such as the hard problem, free will, God spots, neuro-technologies and robots, with many references to significant books in the field. The author is right to comment on the loss of the personal in the study of the brain and to observe that the materialistic assumptions of modern neuroscience can lead to circular reasoning whereby they can only think in terms of material explanations (to label is not to explain) and find it difficult to deal with ultimate questions involving value, purpose and significance. However, he mistakenly limits radical empiricism to behaviourism, without mentioning the much wider view of William James. He does cover near death experiences, but does not draw any significant conclusions or refer to other evidence pointing to survival. The strength of the book lies in its insistence on the integrity of the human person in modern neuroscience and philosophy, but only evangelical Christians will be able to accept his overall framework.