Contradictions Neuroscience and Religion /

“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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musacchio, José M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Series:Springer Praxis Books
Subjects:
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
LEADER 03036nam a22005175i 4500
001 978-3-642-27198-4
003 DE-He213
005 20151121035604.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 120521s2012 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 |a 9783642271984  |9 978-3-642-27198-4 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-3-642-27198-4  |2 doi 
040 |d GrThAP 
050 4 |a BF1-990 
072 7 |a VSP  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a PSY000000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a JNF044000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 150  |2 23 
100 1 |a Musacchio, José M.  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Contradictions  |h [electronic resource] :  |b Neuroscience and Religion /  |c by José M. Musacchio. 
264 1 |a Berlin, Heidelberg :  |b Springer Berlin Heidelberg :  |b Imprint: Springer,  |c 2012. 
300 |a XIX, 195 p. 18 illus.  |b online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 |a Springer Praxis Books 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a “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. 
650 0 |a Popular works. 
650 0 |a Neurosciences. 
650 0 |a Philosophy of mind. 
650 0 |a Psychology. 
650 0 |a Neuropsychology. 
650 1 4 |a Popular Science. 
650 2 4 |a Popular Science in Psychology. 
650 2 4 |a Neuropsychology. 
650 2 4 |a Neurosciences. 
650 2 4 |a Philosophy of Mind. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9783642271977 
830 0 |a Springer Praxis Books 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27198-4  |z Full Text via HEAL-Link 
912 |a ZDB-2-SHU 
950 |a Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)