Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul

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Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul

Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion

Cognition and cognitive psychology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy of religion Religion and science Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems Spiritualism

Author: Mark Graves

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Collection: Routledge Science and Religion Series

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 22nd April 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9781317095859


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 reinterprets the traditional doctrine of the soul as a form of the body to frame contemporary scientific study of the human soul.

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