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Contradictions : Neuroscience and Religion / by José M. Musacchio
(Popular Science. ISSN:26266113)

Publisher	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer
Year	2012
Edition	1st ed. 2012.
Authors	*Musacchio, José M author SpringerLink (Online service)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00085798		SpringerLink ebooks - Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (電子ブック)	9783642271984

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	XIX, 195 p. 18 illus : online resource
Notes	Introduction -- The Universality of Religious Beliefs -- The Contradictions and Consequences of Religious Beliefs -- The Evolution of Human Ancestors -- The Most Amazing Window on Human Nature -- Why Qualia and Consciousness Seem Mysterious -- The Word-Grounding Problem and the Incompleteness of Language -- The Roots of Knowledge -- Abstract and Imaginary Objects -- Nature Is Logical, Because Logic Is Natural -- Faith and the Validation of Beliefs -- Contradictory Beliefs or "Schizodoxia" is a Poor Mechanism of Adaptation “Contradictions” is a general interest book that exposes the incompatibility between popular religious beliefs and the scientific view of human nature. It begins with a survey of the evolution of religions and their continuing, often irrational, influences in modern society. Then, based on his long experience in neuroscience, the author takes issue with Decartes about the duality of body and soul. He presents case studies of patients with brain diseases and from these deduces that the soul, far from being separate and supernatural, is no more or less than our way of experiencing our brains ... and which correspondingly disintegrates when they do. Convincing clinical findings and powerful arguments about the universality of truth make this book a bold contribution to the debate about belief and religion in the modern world HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27198-4
Subjects	LCSH:Psychology LCSH:Neuropsychology LCSH:Neurosciences LCSH:Philosophy of mind FREE:Popular Science in Psychology FREE:Neuropsychology FREE:Neurosciences FREE:Philosophy of Mind
Classification	LCC:BF1-990 DC23:150
ID	8000019995
ISBN	9783642271984