Contradictions Neuroscience and Religion /

• 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: Popular works.; Neurosciences.; Philosophy of mind.; Psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Philosophy of Mind.

“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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.