This volume represents a collective effort to advance research on the perennial problem of matter and consciousness, body and mind. It contains contributions from the fields of philosophy, psychology, physiology, cosmology, and physics. However, its distinctive emphasis is on the key role of theology. The modern natural sciences historically arose as an attempt to read the second book of God--that is, the book of Nature. The contributors to this volume maintain that this orientation of early modern science was correct and that our contemporary understanding of matter and its link with the psychic world can only be plausibly advanced through an appeal to theology. Attempts to resolve the problem of consciousness without theological insights yield problematic reductions of mind to matter or vice versa. The authors maintain that a Christian theological understanding of creation and of humanity provides a framework for a more fruitful way forward in our interdisciplinary attempts to engage the issue.

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Yes, you can access Consciousness and Matter by Kirill Kopeikin, Alexei V. Nesteruk, Kirill Kopeikin,Alexei V. Nesteruk in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theologie & Religion & Religion & Wissenschaft. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Pickwick Publications

Year

2024

Print ISBN

9781666776997, 9781666777000

eBook ISBN

9781666777017

Topic

Theologie & Religion

Subtopic

Religion & Wissenschaft

Title Page
Notes on Contributors
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Once Again about the Brain and Semiosis
Chapter 2: Brain, Mind, and Soul in the Context of the Dialogue between Science and Religion
Chapter 3: We Are More Than Our Brains
Chapter 4: Liquid Light as a Model of Matter-Consciousness Dualism
Chapter 5: The “Hard Problem” of Consciousness Elucidated Cosmologically
Chapter 6: The Biblical Thesis of Creation of the World ex nihilo, the Heisenberg Cut, Quantum Blindness, and the Ψ-chism of the Universe—a Final Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Chapter 7: Theology and Thermodynamics of Life and Mind
Chapter 8: Neuroethics, Quantum Physics, and Theology
Chapter 9: Seed and Law

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