Mind, brain and the elusive soul: human systems of cognitive science and religion
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1. Verfasser: Graves, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England Ashgate ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate science and religion series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Mind; 2 Systems Theory; 3 Levels of Human Existence; 4 Emergence of Water: Emergence of Life; 5 Spiritual Relationships; 6 Brain; 7 American Pragmatism; 8 The Elusive Soul; Bibliography; Index
Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the "more" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees this in the synapses - or apparently empty gaps between the neurons in one's brain-where informative relationships give rise to human mind, culture, and spirituality. Drawing upon the disciplines of cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience, general systems theory, pragmatic philosophy, and Christian theology, Mark Graves rei
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 244 pages)
ISBN:075469352X
9780754693529

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