Consciousness and Matter: Mind, Brain, and Cosmos in the Dialogue between Science and Theology - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1666776998 ISBN 13 : 9781666776997

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2024

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Kirill Kopeikin holds PhDs in physics, mathematics, and theology. He is a visiting researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and associate professor at St. Petersburg Theological Academy and St. Petersburg State University (Russia).


Alexei V. Nesteruk is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth (UK) and a Leading Research Scientist at St Petersburg State Marine Technical University (Russia). He holds a PhD in physics and mathematics, as well as a DSc in philosophy. He is the author of Light from the East (2003), The Universe as Communion (2008), and The Sense of the Universe (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1666776998
• ISBN 13: 9781666776997
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Éditeur: Kopeikin Kirill, Nesteruk Alexei V.
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