In Quest of Freedom : The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World. Frankfurt Templeton Lectures 2006

Philip Clayton

ISBN 10: 3525569866 / ISBN 13: 9783525569863

Edité par Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Jan 2009, 2009

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Neuware - Do the advances in the neurosciences force us to take leave or at least radically revise our previous philosophical and theological notions of the freedom and responsibility of human beings Do the research results demand adoption of a strict determinism - or would that represent a misinterpretation of the empirical data What can modern theology contribute to this discussion by addressing the affective basis of religious beliefs During the summer semester 2006 Philip Clayton held six lectures that were part of the first series of Frankfurt Templeton Lectures on the theme 'Does Matter Rule the Mind The Neurosciences and Free Will'. This volume contains the manuscripts of those lectures in slightly revised form. They appeared in German in 2007, and these are the English versions thereof.

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• Titre: In Quest of Freedom : The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World. Frankfurt Templeton Lectures 2006
• Éditeur: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Jan 2009
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3525569866
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783525569863
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu

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Synopsis

Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as free and as spirit. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolutionary biology explores why these challenges have arisen. At the same time it finds in the religious dimension of human existence powerful resources for speaking of the Emergenz des Geistes and of a deeper sense of human freedom.

À propos des auteurs

Philip Clayton, PhD, is Ingraham Professor at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Claremont Graduate University.

Michael G. Parker, PhD, is a philosopher of religion in Frankfurt.

Dr. phil. Thomas M. Schmidt is Professor of Religious Philosophy at the Department of Catholic Theology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.