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Neuroscience and religion : brain, mind, self, and soul

Title
  1. Neuroscience and religion : brain, mind, self, and soul / edited by Volney P. Gay.
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  1. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2009.

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Additional authors
  1. Gay, Volney P. (Volney Patrick), 1948-
Description
  1. xi, 287 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "For religious persons, the notion of human being is tied inextricably to the notion of God (or the gods) and turns on this question: what is human being? How did we, with our almost infinite capacities for thought, change, and domination, come to be? Imbued with powers far beyond any other animal, humans are too faulty to be considered gods themselves. Yet, the idea of God (or the gods) appears in all distinctive human cultures: it names the other pole of human - it designates a being who realizes perfectly our imperfectly realized nature." "With the rise of new sciences come ancient anxieties about how we should define human being. In the nineteenth century, electricity and magnetism fascinated experts and captivated the lay public. In the twenty-first century, advances in neuroscience open up vast new possibilities of mimicking, and perhaps emulating human being. In this book twelve scholars and scientists ask what - if anything - distinguishes brain from mind, and mind from self and soul."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  1. Neurosciences > Religious aspects
  2. Neuropsychology
  3. Medicine > Religious aspects
  4. Cognition
  5. Psychology and religion
  6. Neuropsychology
  7. Religion and Medicine
  8. Cognition
  9. Ego
  10. Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
  11. Religion and Psychology
  12. cognition
  13. Psychology and religion
  14. Medicine > Religious aspects
  15. Neurosciences > Religious aspects
  16. Religion
  17. Neurowissenschaften
  18. Neurowetenschappen
  19. Religieuze aspecten
  20. Religionspsychologie
  21. Religion
  22. Religiöse Erfahrung
  23. Neuropsychologie
  24. Neurobiologie
  25. Neurowissenschaften
  26. Leib-Seele-Problem
Contents
  1. Neuroscience and religion : brain, mind, self, and soul / Volney P. Gay -- A conversation on neuroscience and religion / Volney P. Gay -- Science, religion, and three shades of black boxes / Volney P. Gay -- Neuroscience, theory of mind, and the status of human-level truth / Edward Slingerland -- Downward causation and religion / Alicia Juarrero -- Rapid advances in human brain-machine interfacing : ethical and social implications / Michael Bess -- The neuroscience of religious experience: an introductory survey / Stephan Carlson -- Actions, reasons, neurons, and causes / Jeffrey D. Schall -- Human universals and human nature / Thomas A. Gregor -- Religion, science, and cognition : explorations in pluralistic integration / Gary Jensen -- The little divine machine : the soul/body problem revisited / John A. McCarthy -- Looking forward : the question of brain, mind, self, and soul / Volney P. Gay.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.